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bitter
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[ adjective ] marked by strong resentment or cynicism
Synonyms Examples "an acrimonious dispute" "bitter about the divorce" Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)He thereby precipitated a bitter controversy involving Protestants , Jews and Roman_Catholics that continued for two months , until the city 's Board of Hospitals lifted the ban on birth-control therapy . (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)The mate , Robert_Juet , who had kept the journal on the half_Moon , was experienced - but he was a bitter old_man , ready to complain or desert at any opportunity . (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)Bitter , unreasoning jealousy ? (Jay Williams, The Forger....)I had come prepared to worship at the feet of this classic , and he turned_out to be a rather bitter old_man who smelled of dead cigars . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] very difficult to accept or bear
Examples "the bitter truth" "a bitter sorrow" Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)But William continued to find a bitter joy in smashing images and tearing_down symbols sacred to the Old_Church . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)There is a bitter satire for a future writer in that '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] harsh or corrosive in tone
Examples "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" "a sulfurous denunciation" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)La^utner , for his part , `` belonged_to the present-day race of small artists , who do not demand the utmost of themselves '' , and the bitter description of the type includes such epithets as `` wretched little poseurs '' , the devastating indictment `` they do not know how to be wretched decently and in_order '' , and the somewhat extreme prophecy , so_far not fulfilled : `` They will be destroyed '' . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)There followed a long and sometimes bitter discussion of the feasibility of elections for the fall of 1957 , in which it appears that the Minister_of_the_Interior took the most pessimistic view and that the Istiqlal was something less_than enthusiastic . In the new country the electoral process is considered as a means of resolving fundamental , and sometimes bitter , differences among leaders and also as a source of policy guidance . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)William , he was called , in honor of the man who was at_once Shelley 's pensioner and his most bitter detractor . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine
Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)She swung her eyes up to the blue of the window , her jaws gently mashing the bitter beans . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] expressive of severe grief or regret
Examples "shed bitter tears" Used in print (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)Leaving the theatre after the performance , I had a flash of intuition that life , after_all ( as Rilke said ) , is just a search for the nonexistent cup of hot coffee , and that this unpretentious , moving , clever , bitter slice of life was the greatest thing to happen to the American theatre since Brooks_Atkinson retired . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
Examples "a bitter struggle" "bitter enemies" Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)From then on the Fighting_Seventh was in the thick of the bitterest fighting in Korea . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make bitter
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[ noun ] (psychology,food) the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18335
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[ noun ] the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
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