- having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- producing one of the four basic taste sensations; not sour, sweet, or salt.
- hard to bear; grievous; distressful: a bitter sorrow.
- causing pain; piercing; stinging: a bitter chill.
- characterized by intense antagonism or hostility: bitter hatred.
- hard to admit or accept: a bitter lesson.
- resentful or cynical: bitter words.
- that which is bitter; bitterness: Learn to take the bitter with the sweet.
- a very dry ale having a strong taste of hops.
- to make bitter: herbs employed to bitter vermouth.
- extremely; very; exceedingly: a bitter cold night.
- having or denoting an unpalatable harsh taste, as the peel of an orange or coffee dregs
- showing or caused by strong unrelenting hostility or resentment
- difficult or unpleasant to accept or admit
- cutting; sarcastic
- bitingly cold
- very; extremely (esp in the phrase bitter cold)
- a thing that is bitter
- beer with a high hop content, with a slightly bitter taste
- to make or become bitter
