bitter

Definitions of bitter in various dictionaries:

noun - English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

noun - the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

noun - the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

verb - make bitter

adj - marked by strong resentment or cynicism

adj - very difficult to accept or bear

adj - harsh or corrosive in tone

adj - expressive of severe grief or regret

adj - proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

adj - causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

adj - causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation

adv - extremely and sharply

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.

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

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

A sharp-tasting beer made with hops.

adv - having a disagreeable taste [ adj -TERER, -TEREST] : BITTERLY