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bitter
Adjective
  • Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
  • Harsh, piercing or stinging.
  • Hateful or hostile.
  • Cynical and resentful.
Noun
  • A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic. usually in the plural bitters
  • A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
  • A turn of a cable about the bitts. nautical
Verb
  • To make bitter.