bitter

bitter is a 6-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, transitive verb, verb, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. noun. AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
2. transitive verb. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
3. transitive verb. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.
4. transitive verb. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.
5. transitive verb. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
6. transitive verb. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
7. noun. Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.
8. transitive verb. To make bitter.
9. noun. the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

   Synonyms: bitterness

10. noun. the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

    Synonyms: bitterness

11. noun. English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
12. verb. make bitter
13. adjective. marked by strong resentment or cynicism

    "an acrimonious dispute"

    "bitter about the divorce"

    Synonyms: acrimonious

14. adjective. proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

    "a bitter struggle"

    "bitter enemies"

15. adjective. expressive of severe grief or regret

    "shed bitter tears"

16. adjective. causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

    "bitter cold"

    "a biting wind"

    Synonyms: biting

17. adjective. harsh or corrosive in tone

    "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"

    "a barrage of acid comments"

    Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic

18. adjective. causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

    "quinine is bitter"

19. adjective. very difficult to accept or bear

    "the bitter truth"

    "a bitter sorrow"

20. adverb. extremely and sharply

    "it was bitterly cold"

    "bitter cold"

    Synonyms: bitingly, bitterly, piercingly

Synonyms

bitterness, acrimonious, biting, acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic, bitingly, bitterly, piercingly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bitter:

tibert

Common word forms

bitters, bittered, bitterer, bitterly, bitterest, bitterful, bittering, bitterless, bitterness

Words from these letters

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