bitter
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,389 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,245 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism also: acrimonious an acrimonious disputebitter about the divorce
- very difficult to accept or bear the bitter trutha bitter sorrow
- harsh or corrosive in tone also: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, blistering, caustic an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prosea barrage of acid comments
- expressive of severe grief or regret shed bitter tears
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity a bitter strugglebitter enemies
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience quinine is bitter
noun
- English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
bitter in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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What remembrances, bitter or sweet, came over the widower's heart, Heaven knows!
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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In elf-caprice of bitter tone I too would pelt the pelted one: At my shadow I cast a stone.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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The latter saw him; grew very excited, cursed him and drove him from his farm with bitter oaths and violent threats.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Tonight through the soreness of a bitter disappointment he put his finger on the highest note of his character and resolved.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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At first Cambyses looked angrily at him and his rent garments, and then asked with a bitter smile; "What do you want?"
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1