Synonym: distasteful, unpleasant. Antonym: sweet. Similar words: bitten, litter, intermittent, smitten, committee, admitted, transmitted, letter. Meaning: ['bɪtə] n. 1. English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft) 2. the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth 3. the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste. v. make bitter. adj. 1. marked by strong resentment or cynicism 2. very difficult to accept or bear 3. harsh or corrosive in tone 4. expressive of severe grief or regret 5. proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity 6. one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine 7. causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold. adv. extremely and sharply.
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211 If it had happened in a car accident and had been some one else's fault, perhaps I would've been bitter.
212 Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything. Kurt Vonnegut
213 I have always thought pneumonia was the root of it all, contracted during that six-day match in the bitter cold.
214 Simpson recently won full custody of the children from the Browns after a bitter court battle.
215 To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. Erich Fromm
216 The long-awaited report has been a key part of the couple's bitter custody battle.
216 Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
217 The agreement effectively ends a bitter legal battle in two states between Mrs Harriman and the heirs.
218 Because he was literate and articulate, he showed a bitter contempt for the self-appointed intellectuals of the inter-war years.
219 The 36-year-old blonde beauty was unable to hide her bitter disappointment at failing to win her libel action against the People.
220 From being a little bitter it had become increasingly affectionate, as Matey had shrewdly noted.
221 The argument concerning the destination of the nation's art treasures has, however, acquired a bitter aftertaste.
222 Gascoigne and his colleagues would have faced a fierce backlash had Lazio lost to bitter local rivals Roma in the Olympic Stadium.
223 The dispute was all the more bitter because a prize was at stake.
224 He must have been very bitter and ready to invoke any means to attain his ends.
225 On Thursday Mr Lamont will announce the results of the bitter and heated arguments over public spending.
226 They are now locked in a bitter custody battle over their three children.
227 For instance, Piers's unforthcoming remark about avoiding love because he had once tasted it and it had left a bitter after-effect.
228 It was a bitter moment for us. We weren't two mature parents. We were just two kids playing grown-up. We still needed Mommy and Daddy's permission, blessings, and money to survive. Erma Bombeck
229 France launched a bitter attack on EU proposals to reduce farm subsidies.
230 Allen is involved in a bitter custody battle for his and Mia's three children.
231 A bridge can still be built, while the bitter waters are flowing beneath. Anthony Liccione
232 Then, against the background of bitter, violent parental quarrels, Chester began a spree of delinquency.
233 You should bend over backwards to avoid bitter personal rows and the holding of grudges.
234 Dark green arugula, often used as a stand-alone salad green, has a peppery and slightly bitter flavor.
235 The biggest gains and the most bitter disputes arise over trades between north and south.
236 A number of women were quite bitter about their futile attempts to get clergy to help.
237 The attacks have sparked a bitter backlash against the revolutionary forces.
238 Most of the city was aflame, and bitter fighting had taken over the downtown suburbs.
239 Bitter medicine cures sickness; unpalataBle advice Benefits conduct.
240 Uncle Sam is portrayed as scruffy, mean and bitter.
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