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Synonyms for bitter
ˈbɪt ərbit·ter
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Wiktionary
bitteradjective
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optimisticbitteradjective
Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance)
The coffee was bitter.
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optimisticbitteradjective
Harsh, piercing or stinging
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optimisticbitteradjective
Hateful or hostile
They're bitter enemies.
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optimisticbitteradjective
Cynical and resentful
I've been bitter ever since that defeat.
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optimistic
English Synonyms and Antonyms
bitter
Acid, sour, and bitter agree in being contrasted with sweet, but the two former are sharply distinguished from the latter. Acid or sour is the taste of vinegar or lemon-juice; bitter that of quassia, quinine, or strychnine. Acrid is nearly allied to bitter. Pungent suggests the effect of pepper or snuff on the organs of taste or smell; as, a pungent odor. Caustic indicates the corroding effect of some strong chemical, as nitrate of silver. In a figurative sense, as applied to language or character, these words are very closely allied. We say a sour face, sharp words, bitter complaints, caustic wit, cutting irony, biting sarcasm, a stinging taunt, harsh judgment, a tart reply. Harsh carries the idea of intentional and severe unkindness, bitter of a severity that arises from real or supposed ill treatment. The bitter speech springs from the sore heart. Tart and sharp utterances may not proceed from an intention to wound, but merely from a wit recklessly keen; cutting, stinging, and biting speech indicates more or less of hostile intent, the latter being the more deeply malicious. The caustic utterance is meant to burn, perhaps wholesomely, as in the satire of Juvenal or Cervantes. Compare MOROSE.
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acerb, acetous, acid, acidulated, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, biting, caustic, cutting, harsh, irate, pungent, savage, sharp, sour, stinging, tart, vinegarish, virulentAntonyms:
dulcet, honeyed, luscious, nectared, saccharine, sweet
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
bitternoun
English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
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joyful, tasteless, painless, amicable, tolerable, unresentful, pleasantbitter, bitternessnoun
the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
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bitterness, rancour, rancor, thorniness, acrimony, jaundice, resentment, tartness, acerbity, gallAntonyms:
painless, pleasant, amicable, unresentful, joyful, tasteless, tolerablebitterness, bitteradjective
the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
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bitterness, rancour, rancor, thorniness, acrimony, jaundice, resentment, tartness, acerbity, gallAntonyms:
painless, tolerable, tasteless, unresentful, amicable, pleasant, joyfulacrimonious, bitteradjective
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
"an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"
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acrimonious, acrid, biting, acid, sulphurous, caustic, virulent, blistering, acerbic, vitriolic, acerb, sulfurousAntonyms:
tasteless, pleasant, painless, unresentful, tolerable, amicable, joyfulbitteradjective
very difficult to accept or bear
"the bitter truth"; "a bitter sorrow"
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acrimonious, biting, blistering, acid, sulphurous, acrid, virulent, caustic, acerbic, vitriolic, acerb, sulfurousAntonyms:
tolerable, tasteless, amicable, painless, unresentful, pleasant, joyfulacerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolicadjective
harsh or corrosive in tone
"an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"
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virulent, blistering, red-hot, vitriolic, hot, blistery, acerbic, stifling, sulphurous, acidic, acrimonious, caustic, mordant, acidulous, venomous, astringent, sulfurous, acrid, deadly, acid, corrosive, pungent, biting, sultry, acidulent, acerb, erosiveAntonyms:
pleasant, tolerable, amicable, unresentful, joyful, tasteless, painlessbitteradjective
expressive of severe grief or regret
"shed bitter tears"
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acrimonious, biting, blistering, acid, sulphurous, acrid, virulent, caustic, acerbic, vitriolic, acerb, sulfurousAntonyms:
unresentful, amicable, tolerable, joyful, pleasant, tasteless, painlessbitteradjective
proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
"a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies"
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acrimonious, biting, blistering, acid, sulphurous, acrid, virulent, caustic, acerbic, vitriolic, acerb, sulfurousAntonyms:
tolerable, unresentful, joyful, amicable, tasteless, painless, pleasantbitteradjective
causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is bitter"
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acrimonious, biting, blistering, acid, sulphurous, acrid, virulent, caustic, acerbic, vitriolic, acerb, sulfurousAntonyms:
tolerable, amicable, joyful, unresentful, pleasant, painless, tastelessbiting, bitterverb
causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
"bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
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virulent, nipping, barbed, vitriolic, mordacious, acerbic, sulphurous, acrimonious, caustic, acrid, sulfurous, blistering, acid, pungent, biting, acerbAntonyms:
amicable, painless, pleasant, tolerable, unresentful, tasteless, joyfulbitteradverb
make bitter
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unresentful, painless, tasteless, amicable, pleasant, joyful, tolerablepiercingly, bitterly, bitingly, bitteradverb
extremely and sharply
"it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold"
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bitingly, bitterly, piercingly, shrillyAntonyms:
pleasant, joyful, unresentful, tasteless, amicable, tolerable, painless
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Editors Contribution
bitterousadjective
densely bitter, or disrespectfully bitter
i just find your bitterous truth
Submitted by farukhossainifti on May 21, 2022
Dictionary of English Synonymes
bitteradjective
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that tastes like wormwoodbitteradjective
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fierce, savage, cruel, merciless, relentless, virulent, fell, ruthlessbitteradjective
bitteradjective
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distressing, painful, grievous, sorrowful, afflictive, poignant, calamitous
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
bitteradjective
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acrid, acerb, poignant, intense, calamitous, distressing, virulent, acrimonious, implacable
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "bitter":
amer, painful, sour, acrimonious, scathing, harsh, embittered, fierce, resentful
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#487 | hot | |
#2570 | acid | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3717 | cutting | |
#3964 | severe | |
#5071 | sad | |
#7174 | intense | |
#9200 | deadly | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9792 | savage | |
#10079 | bitter | |
#11437 | harsh | |
#12027 | sour | |
#15142 | fierce | |
#16018 | amer | |
#18316 | biting | |
#21252 | gall | |
#21938 | tart | |
#24020 | acidic | |
#27532 | resentment | |
#29440 | corrosive | |
#29779 | sarcastic | |
#29904 | bitterness | |
#33779 | barbed | |
#34958 | bitterly | |
#35779 | caustic | |
#36346 | jaded | |
#40176 | stinging | |
#40186 | sultry | |
#40699 | blistering | |
#42439 | jaundice | |
#43797 | virulent | |
#50552 | pungent | |
#51207 | stifling | |
#51420 | venomous | |
#54181 | scathing | |
#58225 | irate | |
#65748 | resentful | |
#72228 | astringent | |
#83177 | embittered | |
#88964 | erosive | |
#91935 | nipping | |
#95661 | shrilly | |
#96542 | acerbic | |
#96952 | acrid | |
#98936 | rancor | |
#100013 | vitriolic | |
#103017 | acrimonious | |
#114709 | acrimony | |
#117416 | mordant | |
#194842 | sulfurous | |
#206618 | sulphurous | |
#209511 | tartness | |
#211476 | rancour | |
#253401 | bitingly | |
#315186 | piercingly |
How to use bitter in a sentence?
Coup is a bitter word that we don’t want to hear.
Self-medication — where individuals use plant parts or non-nutritional substances to combat pathogens or parasites — has been observed across multiple animal species including insects, reptiles, birds and mammals, current Biology.Bears two closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, for instance, swallow leaves of plants with anthelmintic( antiparasitic) properties and chew bitter leaves that have chemical properties to kill intestinal parasites.
To drink it straight is kind of bitter, but it’s not at all objectionable in a smoothie.
I absolutely LOVE Jesse Eisenberg's parody of the 'bitter boy' movie critic, it was spot on! these lazy movie critics, bastardize movie reviews, because they are wannabe directors, who's dreams fell down the watering hole of failure, due to their lack of tenacity.
The dream won’t last long, and soon we’ll wake up to the bitter reality of being stuck in the crossfire between government forces and (IS) fighters.
Translations for bitter
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- ممقوت, مر, أليم, مقيت, مرارةArabic
- acıAzerbaijani
- горкіBelarusian
- горчив, остър, циничен, злобен, враждебенBulgarian
- amargCatalan, Valencian
- zatrpklý, hořkýCzech
- горькъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- chwerwWelsh
- bitter, forbitret, bidendeDanish
- verhasst, bitter, verbittert, erbittert, arg, hart, feindlich, harsch, hässlichGerman
- veveEwe
- πικρόςGreek
- amaraEsperanto
- amargo, amargadoSpanish
- mõru, kibeEstonian
- تلخPersian
- katkera, kitkerä, karvasFinnish
- qonaFijian
- amer, odieux, sévère, hostile, haïssable, dur, haineuxFrench
- goirt, searbhIrish
- amargoGalician
- roGuaraní
- מרה, מרירה, מריר, מרHebrew
- कड़वाHindi
- megkeseredett, gyomorkeserű, keserű, metsző, elkeseredettHungarian
- սաստիկ, մռու, խայթող, անողոք, սուր, դառնություն, դառը գարեջուր, ծակող, կծու, չար, դաժան, դառն, ամենաչարArmenian
- amarInterlingua
- pahitIndonesian
- beiskurIcelandic
- aspro, amara, gelido, amaroItalian
- 過酷な, 敵対, 荒々しい, いやな, 苦い, 憎らしい, 激しいJapanese
- მწარეGeorgian
- 쓰다Korean
- تاڵKurdish
- ачууланган, кайгылуу, катаң, муңдуу, оор, ачуусу келген, катаал, курч, катуу, жинденген, ачуу, күчтүү, капалуу, жагымсыз, каардуу, муңайынкыKyrgyz
- amarus, acerbus, asperLatin
- kartusLithuanian
- sūrs, sīvs, rūgtsLatvian
- горчливMacedonian
- कट्टर, कडू, तीव्र, उग्रMarathi
- ခါးBurmese
- bitter, verbitterd, scherpDutch
- bitterNorwegian
- amarOccitan
- zgorzkniały, gorzkiPolish
- agudo, amargo, amargurado, encarniçado, penetrantePortuguese
- amarRomanian
- ненавистный, горький, злой, озлобленный, суровый, враждебный, злобный, мучительныйRussian
- ògōrčen, gorak, ljȗt, опор, горак, opor, трпак, trpak, грк, grkSerbo-Croatian
- horkýSlovak
- grenak, zagrenjenSlovene
- hidhurAlbanian
- bitter, beskSwedish
- చేదుTelugu
- ขมThai
- ajyTurkmen
- mapaitTagalog
- kavaTonga (Tonga Islands)
- iliklere işleyen, yakıcı, keskin, acılı, şiddetli, acı, sertTurkish
- гіркийUkrainian
- کڑواUrdu
- đắngVietnamese
- 苦Chinese
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