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Synonyms for bitter


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bit-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪt ər

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Définition of bitter

Origin :
  • Old English biter "bitter, sharp, cutting; angry, embittered; cruel," from Proto-Germanic *bitras- (cf. Old Saxon bittar, Old Norse bitr, Dutch bitter, Old High German bittar, German bitter, Gothic baitrs "bitter"), from PIE root *bheid- "to split" (cf. Old English bitan "to bite;" see bite (v.)). Evidently the meaning drifted in prehistoric times from "biting, of pungent taste," to "acrid-tasting." Used figuratively in Old English of states of mind and words. Related: Bitterly.
  • adj pungent, sharp
  • adj hostile, nasty
  • adj painful, distressing
Example sentences :
  • Mauburn had gone to his room to be alone with this bitter news.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "Let that pass, sir," continued the stranger, with a bitter smile.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Well, since rhyming's been my ruin, let me rhyme to the bitter end.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • She could be fierce and wicked; she is ignorant and bitter about many things; I am afraid for her.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Couldst see by his cheek and eye that he is as bitter as verjuice.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "And they come from a bitter heart," answered the unknown knight.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • "These are bitter words, sir knight," said Prince Edward, with an angry frown.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I have had bitter experiences of late; this has been the worst, yet in a way the most fortunate.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • And if you ask as friends, you have done us bitter wrong, by attacking us unprovoked.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • It is bitter in Baudelaire, sweet and plaintive in Lamartine, mystic in Verlaine.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

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