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Bitter

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English

Adjective

bitter, more bitter, most bitter

  1. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance)
    The coffee was bitter.
  2. Harsh, piercing or stinging
    A bitter wind blew from the north.
  3. Hateful or hostile
    They're bitter enemies.
  4. Cynical and resentful
    I've been bitter ever since that defeat.

Translations

  • CJKV Characters:
  • Breton: c'hwerv
  • Bulgarian: горчив (1), остър (2), злобен (3), враждебен (3), циничен (4)
  • Catalan: amarg (1)
  • Chinese: 苦澀 , 苦涩
  • Dutch: bitter (1,3), scherp (2), verbitterd (4)
  • Ekspreso: amarga , marga
  • Fijian: qona (1)
  • Finnish: kitkerä
  • French: amer
  • German: bitter
  • Indonesian: pahit , getir
  • Interlingua: acerbe , amar
  • Italian: amaro
  • Japanese: 苦い (にがい , nigai), ビター (bitā)
  • Latin: amarus (1, 4), acerbus (2), asper (3)
  • Polish: gorzki (1)
  • Portuguese: amargo , azedo
  • Romanian: amar m, amară f
  • Russian: горько
  • Spanish: amargo (1), amargado (4)
  • Tongan: kava (1)
  • Volapük: biedik

Noun

bitter

  1. (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
  2. A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.


Dutch

Adjective

bitter, bitterder, meest bitter

  1. Having an acrid taste (see above)

Translations

English: bitter

Related words

verbitterd



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