bitter

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
2. Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
3. Hateful or hostile.
4. Cynical and resentful.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
2. (countable, uncountable) A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
3. (countable, uncountable) A turn of a cable about the bitts.

Verb

To make bitter.

Noun

A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).

Sinonieme

sour

painful

acrid

sharp

bitterness

acrimonious

acerbic

caustic

salty

acid

acerb

astringent

virulent

tart

brackish

blistering

biting

bitter taste

keen

unpleasant

harsh

rancorous

bad tasting

tough

vitriolic

embittered

spicy

severe

bitterly

bitingly

sharp-tasting

piercingly

poignant

resentful

hard

grave

🪦

sulfurous

sorrowful

sore

frosty

sulphurous

acute

difficult

sarcasm

scathing

slightly bitter

pungent

poisonous

dire

rancid

Vertalings

amer

amargo

bitter

amaro

amargo

bitter

aspro

agrio

âpre

πικρός

amarg

amarus

ácido

acido

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbɪtə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: bitter

Geërf van Old English: bitter

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: bitter

Verwante met Fries: bitter

Verwante met Nederduits: bitter

Verwante met Nederlands: bitter

Verwante met Duits: bitter

Verwante met Sweeds: bitter

Verwante met Yslands: bitur

In summary

From Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitr, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”), equivalent to bite + -er (agent noun suffix) used attributively. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bitter, West Frisian bitter, Low German bitter, Dutch bitter, German bitter, Swedish bitter, Icelandic bitur (all meaning “bitter”).

Sinne

I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because one person betrayed me .