bitter

Significat (Anglès)

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).

Conceptes

amarg

àcid

amargant

perspicaç

picant

puntegut

puntut

punxegut

agut

esmolat

amargor

càustic

amarguesa

virulent

acre

amargat

rancorós

ressentit

😠

abrasador

aspre

corrossiu

Sinònims

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

Traduccions

amer

amargo

bitter

amaro

amargo

bitter

agrio

aspro

âpre

πικρός

amarus

ácido

acerbus

acido

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈbɪtə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: bitter

Heretat de anglès antic: bitter

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: bitter

Cognat amb frisó occidental: bitter

Cognat amb baix alemany: bitter

Cognat amb neerlandès: bitter

Cognat amb alemany: bitter

Cognat amb suec: bitter

Cognat amb islandès: 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”).

Frases

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