to bitter
- verb
- /ˈbɪtər/
- Adding too many overcooked vegetables will only bitter the soup's flavor.
Examples
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Fuck you, you bitter old queen.
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Stony the road we trod Bitter the chastening rod Felt in the days When hope unborn had died Yet with a steady beat Have not our weary feet Come to the place For which our fathers sighed?
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The lemon juice will bitter the dish if you add too much.
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The strong coffee began to bitter my mood, reminding me of the stressful day I had.
Synonyms
To make a taste, situation, or feeling more bitter
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Keep doing something until it is completely finished, even when it is very hard
Compounds
- Informal
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 (verb) The verb bitter comes from the same root as bite, meaning 'to bite', and so to bitter something is to make it sharp in taste or to cause a lasting, painful feeling like a 'bite'.