bitter

[US]/ˈbɪtə(r)/
[UK]/ˈbɪtər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. having a sharp, biting taste; extremely cold and piercing; full of hatred.

Phrases & Collocations

bitter taste

bitter medicine

bitter experience

bitter cold

bitter gourd

bitter pill

bitter melon

bitter almond

bitter orange

bitter end

bitter salt

bitter tea

Example Sentences

this bitter and sanguinary war

the bitter taste of life

a bitter cold night.

take the bitter with the sweet.

the bitter truth; bitter sorrow.

a bitter struggle; bitter foes.

Quinine has a bitter taste.

an anarchic and bitter civil war.

a bitter five-year legal battle.

a bitter winter's eve.

they drank bitter lukewarm coffee.

a bitter wind blew from the north.

a protracted and bitter dispute.

the bitter tears of self-reproach.

the sweets and bitters of life

a bitter cough syrup;

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