Definition of Bitter
Bitter
Bit·ter


Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
Having a strong, unpleasant taste or feeling of anger or resentment.

e.g. The coffee was bitter, so I added sugar to balance the flavor.

(adjective)
distasteful or distressing to the mind;

e.g. His comment left a bitter sense of defeat in her mind.

(adjective)
marked by intensity or severity, such as with pain, or expressing animosity;

e.g. He greeted death with a bitter ending to his life.

(adjective)
cynical or harsh;

e.g. She was sick of hearing bitter complaints about their new work policies.

(adjective)
intensely unpleasant especially in coldness or rawness;

e.g. The bitter cold sunk down to her bones and left her shivering.

(adverb)
to an intense degree;

e.g. It was a bitter life.

(noun)
having a bitter quality;

e.g. Sometimes life made you take the bitter with the sweet.



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