bitter | Definition of bitter

1 having or showing deep-seated resentment

a bitter attitude about always having to work on Saturday

she's still bitter about how her family treated her so unfairly

Synonyms of bitter

acrid, acrimonious, embittered, hard, rancorous, resentful, sore

Words Related to bitter

disaffected, discontented, disgruntled, malcontent

contemptuous, cynical, disdainful, misanthropic, scornful

angry, cruel, harsh, irritated, mad, rough, savage, vehement, vicious, virulent, vitriolic

acid, caustic, cutting, mordant, sarcastic, trenchant

knock-down, drag-out (or knock-down-and-drag-out)

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caring, forgiving, gentle, kind, kindhearted, loving, sweet, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted

Antonyms of bitter

unbitter

2 hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

discovering that he had been cut from the crew team was a bitter disappointment

Synonyms of bitter

afflicting, agonizing, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous

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insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable

appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched

acute, extreme, intense, piercing

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bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable

acceptable, allowable, reasonable

Antonyms of bitter

gratifying, pleasing, sweet

3 causing intense discomfort to one's skin

a bitter wind was stinging the faces of the skiers

Synonyms of bitter

biting, cutting, keen, penetrating, piercing, raw, sharp, shrewd, smarting, stinging

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brisk, invigorating, nippy, snappy

needlelike, prickly, tingling

caustic, corrosive

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balmy, gentle, mild, soothing

4 difficult to endure

a bitter lesson about money and friendship

Synonyms of bitter

brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grievous, grim, hard, hardhanded, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, searing, severe, stiff, tough, trying

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austere, bleak, comfortless, discomforting, forbidding, inhospitable, spartan, uncomfortable

biting, inclement, intemperate, wild

rigorous, strict,

Synonyms and Antonyms of bitter

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