bitterly

Meaning

1. In a bitter manner.
2. Extremely

Synonyms

piercingly

bitingly

severely

bitter

angrily

cruelly

bad

👎

seriously

badly

hard

extremely

ferociously

greatly

grievously

ill

🤢

keenly

loathsomely

mighty

mordantly

most

much

painfully

persistently

positively

precious

preciously

rankly

rattling

remarkably

resentfully

rough

sharply

signally

sorely

sourly

strictly

tartly

terribly

uncomfortably

very

acrimoniously

wryly

acutely

arduously

awful

awfully

caustically

disastrously

disgustingly

especially

fatally

frightfully

gravely

Hyphenated as

bit‧ter‧ly

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɪtəɹli/

Etymology

From Middle English bitterli, biterli, biterliche, from Old English biterlīċe, bitterlīċe (“bitterly”), equivalent to bitter + -ly. Cognate with German Low German bitterlik (“bitterly”), German bitterlich (“bitterly”), Swedish bitterligen (“bitterly”).