| ADJECTIVE | all | bitter, acrimonious | marked by strong resentment or cynicism |
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| all | bitter | very difficult to accept or bear | |
| all | bitter, acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic | harsh or corrosive in tone | |
| all | bitter | expressive of severe grief or regret | |
| all | bitter | proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity | |
| all | bitter | causing a sharp and acrid taste experience | |
| all | bitter, biting | causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation | |
| NOUN | food | bitter | English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft) |
| cognition | bitter, bitterness | the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth | |
| attribute | bitter, bitterness | the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste | |
| ADVERB | all | bitter, piercingly, bitterly, bitingly | extremely and sharply |
| VERB | perception | bitter | make bitter |
| Sounds | bih'ter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | marked by strong resentment or cynicism. | |
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| Example | "bitter about the divorce" | |
| Synonym | acrimonious | |
| Broader | resentful | Full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill ... / ill will |
| Spanish | amargado, mordaz, rencoroso, resentido | |
| Catalan | amargat, mordaç, rancorós, ressentit | |
| Nouns | bitterness | a rough and bitter manner |
| Adverbs | bitterly | with bitterness, in a resentful manner |
| Meaning | Very difficult to accept or bear. | |
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| Broader | intolerable, unbearable, unendurable | Incapable of being put up with |
| Spanish | amargo, crudo | |
| Adverbs | bitterly | indicating something hard to accept |
| Meaning | harsh or corrosive in tone. | |
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| Example | "bitter words" | |
| Synonyms | acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic | |
| Broader | unpleasant | Disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings |
| Spanish | abrasador, ácido, acre, amargo, áspero, cáustico, mordaz, virulento, vitriólico | |
| Catalan | abrasador, àcid, acre, amarg, aspre, càustic, corrossiu, virulent | |
| Nouns | bitterness | a rough and bitter manner |
| Meaning | expressive of severe grief or regret. | |
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| Example | "shed bitter tears" | |
| Broader | sorrowful | Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss |
| Spanish | amargo | |
| Meaning | proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity. | |
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| Broader | hostile | Characterized by enmity / enmity or ill ... / ill will |
| Nouns | bitterness | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will |
| Meaning | Causing a sharp and acrid taste experience. | |
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| Example | "quinine is bitter" | |
| Broader | tasty | pleasing to the sense of taste |
| Spanish | amarga, amargo | |
| Catalan | amarg | |
| Nouns | bitter | the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste |
| bitter | the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth | |
| bitter | English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft) | |
| Meaning | Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold. | |
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| Example | "bitter cold" | |
| Synonym | biting | |
| Broader | painful | Causing physical or psychological pain |
| Spanish | cortante, penetrante | |
| Adverbs | bitterly | extremely and sharply |
| Meaning | English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft). | |
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| Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Broader | ale | A general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast |
| Adjectives | bitter | causing a sharp and acrid taste experience |
| Meaning | The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth. | |
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| Synonym | bitterness | |
| Broader | taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception | The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus |
| Spanish | amargor, amargura | |
| Catalan | amargor, amarguesa | |
| Adjectives | bitter | causing a sharp and acrid taste experience |
| Meaning | The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste. | |
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| Synonym | bitterness | |
| Narrower | acerbity | A sharp bitterness |
| acridity, acridness | extreme / extreme bitterness | |
| Broader | taste property | A property appreciated via the sense of taste |
| Spanish | amargor, amargura | |
| Catalan | amargor | |
| Adjectives | bitter | causing a sharp and acrid taste experience |
| Verbs | bitter | make bitter |
| Meaning | Extremely and sharply. | |
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| Synonyms | piercingly, bitterly, bitingly | |
| Spanish | amargamente | |
| Catalan | amargament | |
| Meaning | make bitter. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | change taste | Alter the flavor of |
| Spanish | amargar | |
| Nouns | bitter | the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste |
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