bitter: betydning og definisjoner

Having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid, and unpleasant.

Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh: enveloped in bitter cold; a bitter wind.

Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear: the bitter truth; bitter sorrow.

Proceeding from or exhibiting strong animosity: a bitter struggle; bitter foes.

Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment: cried bitter tears.

Marked by resentment or cynicism: "He was already a bitter elderly man with a gray face” ( John Dos Passos).

In an intense or harsh way; bitterly: a bitter cold night.

To make bitter.

That which is bitter: "all words . . . /Failing to give the bitter of the sweet” ( Tennyson).

A bitter, usually alcoholic liquid made with herbs or roots and used in cocktails or as a tonic.

Chiefly British A sharp-tasting beer made with hops.