bitter
- Adjective. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
- Adjective. Harsh, piercing or stinging.
- Adjective. Hateful or hostile.
- Adjective. Cynical and resentful.
- Noun. (context, usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- Noun. A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- Noun. (context, nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
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