bitter

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

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

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sulfurous

sorrowful

sore

frosty

sulphurous

acute

difficult

sarcasm

scathing

slightly bitter

pungent

poisonous

dire

rancid

Translations

amer

amargo

bitter

amaro

amargo

bitter

aspro

agrio

âpre

πικρός

amarg

amarus

ácido

acido

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɪtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bitter

Inherited from Old English: bitter

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: bitter

Cognate with Western Frisian: bitter

Cognate with Low German: bitter

Cognate with Dutch: bitter

Cognate with German: bitter

Cognate with Swedish: bitter

Cognate with Icelandic: 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”).

Sentences

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