亚洲网紅露点

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bitter

[ bit-er ]

adjective

bitterer, bitterest.
  1. having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.

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  2. producing one of the four basic taste sensations; not sour, sweet, or salt.
  3. hard to bear; grievous; distressful:

    a bitter sorrow.

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  4. causing pain; piercing; stinging:

    a bitter chill.

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  5. characterized by intense antagonism or hostility:

    bitter hatred.

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  6. hard to admit or accept:

    a bitter lesson.

  7. resentful or cynical:

    bitter words.

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noun

  1. that which is bitter; bitterness:

    Learn to take the bitter with the sweet.

  2. British. a very dry ale having a strong taste of hops.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make bitter:

    herbs employed to bitter vermouth.

adverb

  1. a bitter cold night.

bitter

/ 藞产瑟迟蓹 /

adjective

  1. having or denoting an unpalatable harsh taste, as the peel of an orange or coffee dregs Compare sour
  2. showing or caused by strong unrelenting hostility or resentment

    he was still bitter about the divorce

  3. difficult or unpleasant to accept or admit

    a bitter blow

  4. cutting; sarcastic

    bitter words

  5. bitingly cold

    a bitter night

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. very; extremely (esp in the phrase bitter cold )
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a thing that is bitter
  2. beer with a high hop content, with a slightly bitter taste
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make or become bitter
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞产颈迟迟别谤苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞产颈迟迟别谤濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产颈迟路迟别谤路颈蝉丑 adjective
  • 产颈迟路迟别谤路濒测 adverb
  • 产颈迟路迟别谤路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 苍辞苍路产颈迟路迟别谤 adjective
  • 辞路惫别谤路产颈迟路迟别谤 adjective
  • over路产颈迟路迟别谤路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路产颈迟路迟别谤 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bitter1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English biter; cognate with German bitter, Old Norse bitr, Gothic baitrs; akin to bite
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bitter1

Old English biter ; related to 产墨迟补苍 to bite
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Idioms and Phrases

  • take the bitter with the sweet
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Example Sentences

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China will let scientists from six countries, including the US, examine the rocks it collected from the Moon - a scientific collaboration that comes as the two countries remain locked in a bitter trade war.

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Still, the KGB was watching, and Miller, shambling, bitter and broke, made a tempting target.

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That was the moment 934 days of chaos began, and transformed what was an intense rivalry between two families into a bitter feud.

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Behind the different responses lie many of the often bitter and vitriolic arguments that set the country on a long, tricky road towards Wednesday's unambiguous judgement.

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鈥淚t鈥檚 a very bitter tea. Some people use it as a coffee replacement because it doesn鈥檛 have caffeine, but it has a lovely toasted, bitter flavor.鈥

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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