• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
• English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
• make Bitter
• marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "Bitter about the divorce"
• proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; "a Bitter struggle"; "Bitter enemies"
• expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed Bitter tears"
• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "Bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
• harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "Bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts
• one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine
• very difficult to accept or bear; "the Bitter truth"; "a Bitter sorrow"
• extremely and sharply; "it was Bitterly cold"; "Bitter cold"

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