acrimonious, bitter
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; “an acrimonious dispute”; “bitter about the divorce”
bitter
(adjective) proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; “a bitter struggle”; “bitter enemies”
bitter
(adjective) expressive of severe grief or regret; “shed bitter tears”
biting, bitter
(adjective) causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; “bitter cold”; “a biting wind”
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic
(adjective) 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”
bitter
(adjective) causing a sharp and acrid taste experience; “quinine is bitter”
bitter
(adjective) very difficult to accept or bear; “the bitter truth”; “a bitter sorrow”
piercingly, bitterly, bitingly, bitter
(adverb) extremely and sharply; “it was bitterly cold”; “bitter cold”
bitterness, bitter
(noun) the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
bitter, bitterness
(noun) the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
bitter
(noun) English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
bitter
(verb) make bitter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bitter (comparative bitterer or more bitter, superlative bitterest or most bitter)
Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
Harsh, piercing or stinging.
Hateful or hostile.
Cynical and resentful.
• The one-word comparative form bitterer and superlative form bitterest exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts more bitter and most bitter.
• (cynical and resentful): jaded
• (cynical and resentful): optimistic
bitter (countable and uncountable, plural bitters)
(usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
(nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
• (beer): English pale ale, EPA
bitter (third-person singular simple present bitters, present participle bittering, simple past and past participle bittered)
To make bitter.
bitter (plural bitters)
(computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
Source: Wiktionary
Bit"ter, n. Etym: [See Bitts.] (Naut.)
Definition: AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. Bitter end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and so within board, when the ship rides at anchor.
Bit"ter, a. Etym: [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel. bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E. bite. See Bite, v. t.]
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.
3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant. It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God. Jer. ii. 19.
4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Col. iii. 19.
5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable. The Egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with hard bondage. Ex. i. 14. Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. (Bot.) See Colocynth.
– Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp. C. amara.
– Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia.
– Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.
– Bitter salt, Epsom salts;; magnesium sulphate.
– Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia.
– To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however calamitous.
Syn.
– Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe; acrimonious.
Bit"ter, n.
Definition: Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.
Bit"ter, v. t.
Definition: To make bitter. Wolcott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
