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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. 1noun

    AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

  2. 2transitive verb

    Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.

  3. 3transitive verb

    Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.

  4. 4transitive verb

    Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.

  5. 5transitive verb

    Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.

  6. 6transitive verb

    Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

  7. 7noun

    Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.

  8. 8transitive verb

    To make bitter.

  9. 9noun

    the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

    Synonyms

    bitterness
  10. 10noun

    the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

    Synonyms

    bitterness
  11. 11noun

    English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

  12. 12verb

    make bitter

  13. 13adjective

    marked by strong resentment or cynicism

    "an acrimonious dispute"

    "bitter about the divorce"

    Synonyms

    acrimonious
  14. 14adjective

    proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

    "a bitter struggle"

    "bitter enemies"

  15. 15adjective

    expressive of severe grief or regret

    "shed bitter tears"

  16. 16adjective

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

    "bitter cold"

    "a biting wind"

    Synonyms

    biting
  17. 17adjective

    harsh or corrosive in tone

    "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"

    "a barrage of acid comments"

    Synonyms

    acerbacerbicacidacridblisteringcausticsulfuroussulphurousvirulentvitriolic
  18. 18adjective

    causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

    "quinine is bitter"

  19. 19adjective

    very difficult to accept or bear

    "the bitter truth"

    "a bitter sorrow"

  20. 20adverb

    extremely and sharply

    "it was bitterly cold"

    "bitter cold"

    Synonyms

    bitinglybitterlypiercingly

Synonyms

bitternessacrimoniousbitingacerbacerbicacidacridblisteringcausticsulfuroussulphurousvirulentvitriolicbitinglybitterlypiercingly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bitter:

tibert

Common word forms

bittersbitteredbittererbitterlybitterestbitterfulbitteringbitterlessbitterness

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