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单词 bitter
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bitteradjective

uk/ˈbɪt.ər/us/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/

bitter adjective (ANGRY)

B2 Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in the past:

I feel very bitter about my childhood and all that I went through.
She'd suffered terribly over the years but it hadn't made her bitter.

B2 A bitter experience causes deep pain or anger:

Failing the final exams was a bitter disappointment for me.
She learned through bitter experience that he was not to be trusted.

B2 expressing a lot of hate and anger:

a bitter fight/argument
bitter recriminations
He gave me a bitter look.

More examples

  • They had a bitter quarrel over some money three years ago and they haven't spoken to each other since.
  • They were bitter foes for many years.
  • a bitter dispute
  • She cried bitter tears when she got the letter.
  • They had a bitter, messy divorce.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Angry and displeased

  • acrimonious
  • aggrieved
  • amused
  • annoyed
  • apoplectic
  • fed up
  • fed up to the back teeth idiom
  • fit to be tied idiom
  • furious
  • furiously
  • huff
  • incandescent
  • incense
  • peeved
  • pique
  • pissed off
  • rancour
  • resentful
  • scalp
  • stormy

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Sadness and regret
Serious and unpleasant

bitter adjective (TASTE)

B1 with an unpleasantly sharp taste:

a bitter flavour/taste/liquid

More examples

  • Radicchio has a slightly bitter flavour.
  • The tip of the tongue is sensitive to salt and sweet stimuli and the back of the tongue is sensitive to bitter stimuli.
  • In today's lesson we'll look at the four types of tastes - sweet, salty, bitter and sour.
  • The additive quinine, which you find in tonic water, is very bitter.
  • They add syrup to the medicine to try and mask the bitter taste.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Flavours & tastes

  • acidic
  • acidity
  • acidulous
  • aftertaste
  • bite
  • bitterness
  • cheesy
  • flavourless
  • flavoursome
  • full-bodied
  • gamy
  • garlicky
  • nutty
  • savour
  • sweet-and-sour
  • sweetness
  • tang
  • tangy
  • tart
  • toasty

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Not pleasant to eat or drink

bitter adjective (COLD)

B2 Bitter weather is extremely cold, especially in a way that causes physical pain:

a bitter wind
Wrap up warmly - it's bitter outside.

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Cold

  • be (as) cold as ice idiom
  • be cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey idiom
  • bitterly
  • bone-chilling
  • chill
  • cooling
  • freeze
  • freezing
  • frigid
  • frigid zone
  • frostbite
  • ice-cold
  • icy
  • nip
  • nuclear winter
  • occluded front
  • perished
  • raw
  • stone-cold
  • windchill

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Idiom(s)

the bitter fruits of sth
a bitter pill (to swallow)
to the bitter end

bitternoun [ U ]

uk/ˈbɪt.ər/us/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/

UK a type of dark brown beer with a bitter taste:

a pint of bitter
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mild noun
bitters

a strong, bitter alcoholic drink made from spices and plant products that is mixed with other alcoholic drinks

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Beer & cider

  • ale
  • beer
  • beer mat
  • brew
  • brewer
  • draft
  • jar
  • keg party
  • lager
  • microbrew
  • microbrewery
  • mild
  • mug
  • pint
  • scrumpy
  • shandy
  • stein
  • stout
  • suds
  • sweet cider

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Spirits & distilling
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