bitterly

bit·ter  (btr)

adj. bit·ter·er, bit·ter·est

1. Having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid, and unpleasant.

2. Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh: enveloped in bitter cold; a bitter wind.

3. Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear: the bitter truth; bitter sorrow.

4. Proceeding from or exhibiting strong animosity: a bitter struggle; bitter foes.

5. Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment: cried bitter tears.

6. Marked by resentment or cynicism: "He was already a bitter elderly man with a gray face" (John Dos Passos).

adv.

In an intense or harsh way; bitterly: a bitter cold night.

tr.v. bit·tered, bit·ter·ing, bit·ters

To make bitter.

n.

1. That which is bitter: "all words . . . /Failing to give the bitter of the sweet" (Tennyson).

2. bitters A bitter, usually alcoholic liquid made with herbs or roots and used in cocktails or as a tonic.

3. Chiefly British A sharp-tasting beer made with hops.

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[Middle English, from Old English; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

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bitter·ly adv.

bitter·ness n.

Synonyms: bitter, acerbic, acrid
These adjectives mean unpleasantly sharp or pungent in taste or smell: a bitter cough syrup; an acerbic green apple; acrid smoke.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	bitterly - with bitterness, in a resentful manner; "she complained bitterly"
	2.	bitterly - indicating something hard to accept; "he was bitterly disappointed"
	3.	bitterly - extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold" bitingly, bitter, piercingly

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bitterly

adverb 1. resentfully, sourly, sorely, tartly, grudgingly, sullenly, testily, acrimoniously, caustically, mordantly, irascibly

adverb 2. intensely, freezing, severely, fiercely, icy, bitingly

Translations

bitterly [ˈbɪtəlɪ] adv [disappoint, complain, weep] → desconsoladamente; [oppose, criticise] → implacablemente; [jealous] → agriamente;

it's bitterly cold → hace un frío glacial

bitterly [ˈbɪtəlɪ] adv [complain, weep] → amèrement; [oppose, criticise] → durement, âprement; [jealous, disappointed] → horriblement;

it's bitterly cold → il fait un froid de loup

bitterly [ˈbɪtəlɪ] adv (complain, weep) → bitterlich;

(oppose) → erbittert;

(criticize) → scharf;

(disappointed) → bitter;

(jealous) → sehr;

it's bitterly cold → es ist bitterkalt

bitterly [ˈbɪtəlɪ] adv [disappoint, complain, weep] → amaramente; [oppose, criticise] → aspramente; [jealous] → profondamente;

it's bitterly cold → fa un freddo gelido