bitter
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English bitter
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈbɪtə/
- (US) IPA: /ˈbɪtər/, [ˈbɪɾɚ]
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)
- Homophone: bidder (in some dialects)
[edit] Adjective
bitter (comparative bitterer or more bitter, superlative bitterest or most bitter)
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance)
- The coffee was bitter.
- Harsh, piercing or stinging
- A bitter wind blew from the north.
- 1999: It was at the end of February, ... when the world was cold, and a bitter wind howled down the moors.... — Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pg. 31 (Perennial paperback edition)
- Hateful or hostile
- They're bitter enemies.
- Cynical and resentful
- I've been bitter ever since that defeat.
[edit] Usage notes
- The one-word comparative form bitterer and superlative form bitterest exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts more bitter and most bitter.
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[edit] Antonyms
- ("cynical and resentful"): optimistic
[edit] Synonyms
- ("cynical and resentful"): jaded
[edit] Translations
having an acrid taste
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harsh, piercing or stinging
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hateful or hostile
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cynical and resentful
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[edit] Noun
bitter (plural bitters)
- (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
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[edit] Translations
liquid or powder used in mixed drinks or as tonic
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type of beer
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[edit] Danish
[edit] Etymology 1
From German bitter.
[edit] Adjective
bitter (neuter bittert, definite and plural bitre, comparative bitrere, superlative bitrest)
- bitter (all meanings)
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[edit] Noun
bitter c. (singular definite bitteren, plural indefinite bittere)
[edit] Inflection
Inflection of bitter
[edit] Etymology 2
From English bitter.
[edit] Noun
bitter c.
- bitter (type of beer - only known generally in Denmark for a few years)
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Etymology
From Old Dutch *bittar, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
bitter (comparative bitterder, superlative bitterst)
- bitter (having an acrid taste)
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[edit] German
[edit] Etymology
From Old High German bittar.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbɪ.tɐ/
[edit] Adjective
bitter (comparative bitterer, superlative am bittersten)
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
bitter m. inv.
[edit] Middle Dutch
[edit] Etymology
From Old Dutch bitter, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.
[edit] Adjective
bitter
[edit] Descendants
- Dutch: bitter
[edit] Old English
[edit] Adjective
bitter
- Alternative form of biter.
[edit] Old High German
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
bitter
- Alternative form of bittar.
[edit] References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse bitr, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.
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[edit] Adjective
Declension of bitter
bitter
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