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:
B2 A bitter experience causes deep pain or anger:
B2 expressing a lot of hate and anger:
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- 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.
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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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bitter adjective (TASTE)
B1 with an unpleasantly sharp taste:
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- 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.
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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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bitter adjective (COLD)
B2 Bitter weather is extremely cold, especially in a way that causes physical pain:
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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)
bitternoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbɪt.ər/us/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/UK a type of dark brown beer with a bitter taste:
a strong, bitter alcoholic drink made from spices and plant products that is mixed with other alcoholic drinks
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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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