| bitter | | |
| n. (food) | 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. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. bitter, bitterness | the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth. |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. bitter, bitterness | the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste. |
| ~ taste property | a property appreciated via the sense of taste. |
| ~ acerbity | a sharp bitterness. |
| ~ acridness, acridity | extreme bitterness.; "the acridity of alkali" |
| v. (perception) | 4. bitter | make bitter. |
| ~ change taste | alter the flavor of. |
| adj. | 5. acrimonious, bitter | marked by strong resentment or cynicism.; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" |
| ~ resentful | full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will.; "resentful at the way he was treated"; "a sullen resentful attitude" |
| adj. | 6. 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" |
| adj. | 7. acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic | 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" |
| ~ unpleasant | disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings.; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" |
| adj. | 8. 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" |
| adj. | 9. 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" |
| adj. | 10. bitter | causing a sharp and acrid taste experience.; "quinine is bitter" |
| ~ tasty | pleasing to the sense of taste.; "a tasty morsel" |
| adj. | 11. biting, bitter | causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold.; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" |
| ~ painful | causing physical or psychological pain.; "worked with painful slowness" |
| adv. | 12. bitingly, bitter, bitterly, piercingly | extremely and sharply.; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold" |
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