bitter
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2.5
- adjective
- /ˈbɪtər/
:
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- Generally, people either become bitter or they become better.
- bitter hatred
- bitter conflict
- bitter debate
And now they're all bitter about it and sad and and.
- And now they're all bitter about it and sad and and.
- I would have been bitter and and resentful.
- I would say you're obviously very bitter about something.
- And he tells the story not with any bitter tone, as you might think.
- So now Cain's work is unsuccessful, so he gets bitter and so.
- But I'm not bitter and I'm not angry.
- I'm really about to say F y'all and be bitter, but it's not me.
- I'll be a bitter old man right now in there.
- Generally, people either become bitter or they become better.
- If you're bitter, you're in someone else's story.
- My next guest, Jason, says that his wife is bitter, angry and lazy.
- And so he becomes kind of bitter and disappointed and he stops praying.
- So I'm not bitter at all, but it's what it is.
Examples
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He's a nasty, bitter old man.
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After the argument, she felt bitter about how her friend had treated her.
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But they were very bitter against each other, very bitter, these two.
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By then, he was such a bitter old man--
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God, how does a woman get so bitter?
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When I visit her, she is bitter and hostile to me, but especially to E.N.
Academic text (1999) -
I would say you're obviously very bitter about something.
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At the start of the book, she is more than a little bit bitter about her mom's death.
Academic text (2015) -
Carter, in an interview with Lehrer years later, was bitter about the way things played out.
Academic text (2011) -
You sound bitter.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling very annoyed or upset
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3.7
Showing an unfriendly, resentful mood
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5.4
Feeling angry and bitter because someone treated you unfairly
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7.2
A person who is unfriendly and often angry in a rough or threatening way
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9.3
Harsh, angry words that strongly hurt someone
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8.4
Full of angry, bitter words in a speech or argument
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7.4
Being very sharp and unkind in speech or writing
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8.2
Speech or writing that is harsh and likely to offend people
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8.4
Very harsh and full of hate in speech or writing
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7.0
Very harsh words or writing that attack someone
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8.4
Having long lasting strong anger toward someone
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7.5
A harsh, bitter way of speaking that shows anger or criticism
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7.0
Said in a sharp, hurtful way to criticize someone
Harsh angry speech or writing that strongly criticizes people
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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5.5
Keep doing something until it is completely finished, even when it is very hard
Compounds
- Informal
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5.6
The final, most difficult part of something that you keep doing until it ends
A hickory tree with leaves that have seven or nine small parts and thin shelled nuts that taste very bitter
A type of orange tree that produces small sour fruit and is used for grafting and marmalade
- Specialized
A hickory-like tree that grows in the southern United States with many narrow leaves and bitter nuts
- Specialized
A tree in the eastern United States with leaves of seven or nine small parts and thin, very bitter nuts
- Specialized
A white salt taken by mouth to relieve heartburn and constipation and sometimes given by injection to prevent seizures
- Specialized
A pale mineral containing calcium and magnesium that people use to make ceramics, get magnesium and improve soil
- Specialized
A small shrub with large pink sepals that people use as medicine for fever
An oil from bitter almonds that people use to add an almond smell or taste to food and perfume
- Indian
A type of cassava with bitter roots that contain poison and must be processed before eating
A small wild plant with divided leaves and tiny white, pink or purple flowers often in lawns
How Bitter
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bitter (adj, emotion) The word bitter for angry or hurt feelings comes from the idea of a painful 'bite' that stays inside, linked to bite meaning 'to bite', so being bitter means holding sharp, lasting pain or anger.