bitter

About 14.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).

   The coffee tasted bitter.

2. adjective Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
3. adjective Hateful or hostile.

   They're bitter enemies.

4. adjective Cynical and resentful.

   I've been bitter ever since that defeat.

5. adverb To an intense or severe degree; bitterly.
6. noun A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
7. noun A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
8. noun A turn of a cable about the bitts.

Similar words

acerb acerbic acrid acrimonious acid painful sorrowful resentful bitingly hostile

Often followed by

and taste cold experience end struggle disappointment tears as

Word family

bittered bitterer bitterest bittering bitterish bitterly bitterness bitternesses bitters