bitter
Significado (English)
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- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
- Harsh, piercing or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Cynical and resentful.
Synonyms
bitter taste
bad tasting
poignant
sharp-tasting
trenchant
be bitter
make bitter
very bitter
be sour
strong-tasting
be acid
slightly bitter
become bitter
troublous
be biting
bitterly cold
give pain
very strong
be piercing
bitter tasting
bad taste
Frecuencia
Con guión como
bit‧ter
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈbɪtə(ɹ)/
Etimoloxía (English)
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”).
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