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English Idioms :: bitter
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bytter - See: TO THE BITTER END. |
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Traditional English :: bitter
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bytter - adj. & n. --adj. 1 having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet.
2 a caused by or showing mental pain or resentment (bitter memories; bitter rejoinder). b painful or difficult to accept (bitter disappointment).
3 a harsh; virulent (bitter animosity). b piercingly cold. --n. 1 Brit. beer strongly flavoured with hops and having a bitter taste.
2 (in pl.) liquor with a bitter flavour (esp. of wormwood) used as an additive in cocktails. bitter-apple = COLOCYNTH. bitter orange = SEVILLE ORANGE. bitter pill something unpleasant that has to be accepted. bitter-sweet adj.
1 sweet with a bitter after-taste.
2 arousing pleasure tinged with pain or sorrow. --n. 1 a sweetness with a bitter after-taste. b pleasure tinged with pain or sorrow.
2 = woody nightshade (see NIGHTSHADE ). to the bitter end to the very end in spite of difficulties. bitterly adv. bitterness n. [OE biter prob. f. Gmc: to the bitter end may be assoc. with a Naut. word bitter = 'last part of a cable': see BITTS] |
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Related Words
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bitter
almond
oil
with
baggage
seeks
same
cky
quite
being
beer
face
picture
moon
end
nyc
coffee
lyric
sweet
sinphony
gourd
dr
patrick
orange
peel
extract
things
symphony
rival
verve
symphonie
sympony
biengs
pill
san
diego
victoria
schweppes
lemon
grace
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Most Often Usage
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bitter almond oil
bitter almond
bitter with baggage seeks same
cky 96 quite bitter being
96 quite bitter being
beer bitter face picture
bitter moon
bitter end nyc
bitter coffee
the bitter end lyric
bitter sweet sinphony
bitter gourd
dr patrick bitter
bitter sweet
bitter orange peel extract
96 quite bitter things
bitter sweet symphony
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