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bit·ter (b

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.

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.

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

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.

bitter [ˈbɪtə]

adj

1. having or denoting an unpalatable harsh taste, as the peel of an orange or coffee dregs Compare sour [1]

2. showing or caused by strong unrelenting hostility or resentment he was still bitter about the divorce

3. difficult or unpleasant to accept or admit a bitter blow

4. cutting; sarcastic bitter words

5. bitingly cold a bitter night

adv

very; extremely (esp in the phrase bitter cold)

1. a thing that is bitter

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Brit beer with a high hop content, with a slightly bitter taste

to make or become bitter See also bitters

[Old English biter; related to bītan to bite]

bitterly adv

bitterness n

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Noun	1.	bitter - English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft) ale - a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	bitter - the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth bitterness gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
	3.	bitter - the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste bitterness taste property - a property appreciated via the sense of taste acerbity - a sharp bitterness acridness, acridity - extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"
Verb	1.	bitter - make bitter change taste - alter the flavor of
Adj.	1.	bitter - marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" acrimonious resentful - full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will; "resentful at the way he was treated"; "a sullen resentful attitude"
	2.	bitter - very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a bitter sorrow" intolerable, unbearable, unendurable - incapable of being put up with; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality"
	3.	bitter - harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" acid, blistering, caustic, vitriolic, sulfurous, sulphurous, acrid, acerb, acerbic, virulent unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
	4.	bitter - expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears" sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
	5.	bitter - proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; "a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies" hostile - characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
	6.	bitter - causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is bitter" tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
	7.	bitter - causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" biting painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"
Adv.	1.	bitter - extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold" bitingly, piercingly, bitterly

bitter

adjective

1. grievous, hard, severe, distressing, fierce, harsh, cruel, savage, ruthless, dire, relentless, poignant, ferocious, galling, unrelenting, merciless, remorseless, gut-wrenching, vexatious, hard-hearted the scene of bitter fighting
grievous pleasant, fortunate

2. resentful, hurt, wounded, angry, offended, sour, put out, sore, choked, crabbed, acrimonious, aggrieved, sullen, miffed (informal), embittered, begrudging, peeved (informal), piqued, rancorous She is said to be very bitter about the way she was sacked.
resentful happy, friendly, sweet, gentle, pleasant, mild, grateful, mellow, thankful, appreciative

3. great, awful, unpleasant, sore The statement was greeted with bitter disappointment.

4. freezing, biting, severe, intense, raw, fierce, chill, stinging, penetrating, arctic, icy, polar, Siberian, glacial, wintry a night in the bitter cold
freezing gentle, pleasant, mild, balmy

5. sour, biting, sharp, acid, harsh, unpleasant, tart, astringent, acrid, unsweetened, vinegary, acidulated, acerb The leaves taste rather bitter.
sour sweet, pleasant, mild, bland, mellow, sugary

Translations

bitter [ˈbɪtəʳ]

A. ADJ

1. (in taste) [drink, medicine] → amargo
it tasted bitter → sabía amargo
a bitter pill to swallow → un trago amargo

2. (= icy) [weather, winter] → gélido, glacial; [wind] → cortante, gélido
it's bitter today! → hoy hace un frío gélido or glacial

3. (= fierce) [enemy, hatred] → implacable; [battle] → encarnizado
a bitter struggle → una lucha enconada

4. (= resentful) [person] → amargado, resentido; [protest] → amargo
to feel bitter about sth → estar amargo or resentido por algo

5. (= painful) [disappointment] → amargo
to carry on to the bitter end → continuar hasta el final(cueste lo que cueste)
to shed bitter tears → llorar lágrimas amargas

B. N

1. (Brit) (= beer) → cerveza f amarga

2. bitters licor amargo hecho con extractos de plantas

C. CPD bitter aloes NPL → áloes mpl amargos
bitter lemon N (= drink) → refresco m de limón
bitter orange N (= drink) → refresco m de naranja

bitter [ˈbɪtə^r]

adj

[taste] → amer/ère
to taste bitter → avoir un goût amer

[person] → amer/ère
to be bitter about sth → éprouver de l'amertume à propos de qch

[conflict, argument] → âpre; [memory, disappointment] → amer/ère; [criticism] → cinglant(e)
to be a bitter blow → être un coup dur
to the bitter end → jusqu'au bout

(= icy) [weather, wind] → glacial(e)
It's bitter today → Il fait glacial aujourd'hui.

n (British) (= beer) → bière à forte teneur en houblon)f >

bitter

adj (+er)

taste → bitter; it was a bitter pill to swallow (fig) → es war eine bittere Pille

cold, winter → bitter; weather, wind → bitterkalt, eisig; it’s bitter today → es ist heute bitterkalt

enemy, struggle, opposition → erbittert

disappointment, hatred, reproach, remorse, tears → bitter; criticism → scharf, heftig; to the bitter end → bis zum bitteren Ende

(= embittered) → bitter; person also → verbittert; to be or feel bitter at something → über etw (acc) → bitter or verbittert sein

adv bitter cold → bitterkalt

(Brit: = beer) halbdunkles obergäriges Bier

bitters pl → Magenbitter m; gin and bitters → Gin m → mit Bitterlikör

bitter [ˈbɪtəʳ]

1. adj

a. (taste, gen) → amaro/a; (of fruit) → aspro/a
a bitter pill to swallow (fig) → un boccone amaro da ingoiare

b. (icy, weather) → gelido/a; (wind) → pungente

c. (enemy, hatred) → acerrimo/a; (quarrel) → aspro/a; (disappointment) → amaro/a; (person) → risentito/a
to the bitter end → fino all'ultimo, a oltranza

2. n (Brit) (beer) → birra amara

bitter [ˈbɪtəʳ]

1. adj

a. (taste, gen) → amaro/a; (of fruit) → aspro/a
a bitter pill to swallow (fig) → un boccone amaro da ingoiare

b. (icy, weather) → gelido/a; (wind) → pungente

c. (enemy, hatred) → acerrimo/a; (quarrel) → aspro/a; (disappointment) → amaro/a; (person) → risentito/a
to the bitter end → fino all'ultimo, a oltranza

2. n (Brit) (beer) → birra amara

bitter

adj bitter [ˈbitə]

1 having a sharp, acid taste like lemons etc, and sometimes unpleasant a bitter orange. bitter مُـر горчив kyselý, hořký bitter bitter πικρός amargo kibe تلخ؛ تند و تیز kitkerä amer; acide מָר कड़ुवा gorak keserű pahit bitur, beiskur amaro; aspro 苦い 쓴 kartus, rūgštus rūgts pahit bitter, zuur bitter, besk gorzki amargo amar; acid горький horký, trpký trpek gorak bitter, besk ขม keskin, acı, buruk 有苦味的 гіркий کڑوا ، کسیلا đắng 有苦味的

2 full of pain or sorrow She learned from bitter experience; bitter disappointment. bitter مَرير، قاسٍ тежък hořký, drsný, trpký bitter bitter οδυνηρός amargo kibe تلخ؛ ناگوار katkera amer מְמוְּרמַר शोकमय gorak keserves getir beiskur, sár amaro つらい 비통한 kartus, skausmingas skarbs; rūgts pengalaman pahit bitter bitter przykry amargo dureros горький trpký grenek ogorčen bitter, förbittrad ขมขื่น acı, üzücü 痛苦的 гострий; гіркий درد بھرا ، تلخ cay đắng 痛苦的

3 hostile full of hatred or opposition: bitter enemies. griewende, bitter عَنيف، لَدود враждебен nenávistný, rozhořčený, nepřátelský bitter bitter άσπονδος, εχθρικός, γεμάτος μίσος hostil, encarnizado verine متخاصم vihamielinen acharné מָלֵא שִׂנאָה कटु neprijateljski ellenséges penuh kebencian heiftarlegur acerrimo 憎しみに満ちた 심한 적의를 가진 nesutaikomas sīvs; nikns penuh kebencian bitter bitter zawzięty hostil înverşunat злейший nenávistný zagrizen ljut bitter ซึ่งเป็นศัตรู kin dolu, nefret ve öfke dolu 懷恨的 запеклий سخت دشمن gay gắt 怀恨的

4 very cold a bitter wind. bitterkoue قارِس много студен ostrý, třeskutý bidende bitterkalt τσουχτερός helado lõikav سرد و سوزدار kylmä glacial קַר מְאוֹד कठोर vrlo hladan metsző sangat dingin nístandi intenso, pungente 身を切るような 혹독한 geliantis griezīgs; svilinošs angin sejuk snijdend bitende lodowaty gelado rece ca gheaţa резкий, сильный ostrý, prenikavý ledeno mrzel hladan bitande, iskall หนาวจัด çok soğuk, buz gibi, acı, keskin 嚴寒的 лютий نہایت ٹھنڈا rét buốt 严寒的

n bitterness

bitterheid مَرار، مَرارَه горчивина hořkost, nepřátelství, zloba bitterhed verbittert πικρία amargura kibedus تلخی katkeruus amertume מְרִירוּת तिक्तता, कटुता gorčina keserűség kepahitan beiskja amarezza; asprezza 苦さ 씀, 지독함 kartumas rūgtums kepahitan bitterheid bitterhet gorycz, przykrość amargura amărăciune горечь horkosť grenkoba gorčina bitterhet ความขมขื่น acılık, burukluk, içerleme 苦味 гіркота; лють کڑوایٹ sự cay đắng 苦味

adv bitterly

bitterly disappointed; bitterly cold. bitter بِمَرارَه، بصورَة قارِسَه горчиво hořce, krutě bittert bitter πικρά, τσουχτερά amargamente kibedasti بسیار؛ شدیداً katkera amèrement בִמְרִירוּת कटुतापूर्वक, तीक्ष्णता से teško keserűen; metsző (hideg) sangat heiftarlega amaramente ひどく 몹시 karčiai, skausmingai, labai rūgti; skarbi; asi; ļoti; ārkārtīgi dengan perasaan pahit bitter bittert; bitende gorzko, okropnie muito crunt; ca gheaţa горько, сильно trpko; nepriateľsky grenko, bridko ogorčeno bittert อย่างขมขื่น şiddetli, acı bir şekilde 極其 гірко; люто کڑوے انداز سے chua chát 非常地，严酷地

n bitumen [ˈbitjumin]

a black, sticky substance obtained from petroleum. asfalt قار، زِفْت، قَطْران минерална смола živice asfalt; beg das Bitumen ασφαλτόπισσα betún bituumen قیر bitumi bitume זֶפֶת राल bitumen bitumen aspal jarðbik bitume 瀝青 역청(瀝靑) bitumas bitumens bitumen bitumen asfalt smoła betume bitum, asfalt битум živica bitumen bitumen bitumen น้ำมันดิน zift, katran 瀝青 бітум تار کول ، لُک nhựa đường 沥青

adj biˈtuminous [-ˈtjuːmi-]

asfaltagtige قاريّ، قَطراني асфалтов živičný asfalt-; beg- bituminös ασφαλτώδης bituminoso bituumen- قیری bitumia sisältävä bitumineux בִּיטוֹמֶנִי रालमिश्रित bitumenski bitumenes seperti aspal bikkenndur; jarðbiks- bituminoso 瀝青の 역청의 bituminis bitumena- berkaitan bitumen bitumineus asfalt- bitumiczny betuminoso bituminos битумный živicový bitumenski bitumenski bituminös ซึ่งบรรจุน้ำมันดิน ziftli, katranlı 瀝青的 бітумний تارکول کی مانند thuộc nhựa đường 沥青的

bitter → مر hořký bitter bitter πικρός amargo kitkerä amer gorak amaro にがい 쓴 bitter bitter gorzki amargo горький bitter ขม acı đắng 苦的

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