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bitter

English

  1. 🔊 proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
    “a bitter struggle”
  2. 🔊 expressive of severe grief or regret
    “shed bitter tears”
  3. 🔊 causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
    “quinine is bitter”
  4. 🔊 very difficult to accept or bear
    “the bitter truth”
  5. 🔊 marked by strong resentment or cynicism
    “an acrimonious dispute”
  6. 🔊 causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation
    “bitter cold”
  7. 🔊 harsh or corrosive in tone
    “an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose”
  8. 🔊 the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
  9. 🔊 English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
  10. 🔊 the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
  11. 🔊 extremely and sharply
    “it was bitterly cold”
  12. 🔊 make bitter

Spanish

  1. 🔊 tetelque bitter
  2. 🔊 amargo bitter, sour (having an acrid taste)

Similar words

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