Meaning of "bitter" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BITTER

Old English biter; related to bītan to bite.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BITTER

bitter  [ˈbɪtə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BITTER

Bitter is a verb and can also act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bitter in English.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES BITTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bitter

Bitter may refer to: ▪ Bitter, one of the five basic tastes ▪ Bitter, a negative emotion or attitude, similar to being jaded, cynical or otherwise negatively affected by experience...

Definition of bitter in the English dictionary

The first definition of bitter in the dictionary is showing or caused by strong unrelenting hostility or resentment. Other definition of bitter is difficult or unpleasant to accept or admit. Bitter is also cutting; sarcastic.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BITTER

PRESENT

Present

I bitter

you bitter

he/she/it bitters

we bitter

you bitter

they bitter

Present continuous

I am bittering

you are bittering

he/she/it is bittering

we are bittering

you are bittering

they are bittering

Present perfect

I have bittered

you have bittered

he/she/it has bittered

we have bittered

you have bittered

they have bittered

Present perfect continuous

I have been bittering

you have been bittering

he/she/it has been bittering

we have been bittering

you have been bittering

they have been bittering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I bittered

you bittered

he/she/it bittered

we bittered

you bittered

they bittered

Past continuous

I was bittering

you were bittering

he/she/it was bittering

we were bittering

you were bittering

they were bittering

Past perfect

I had bittered

you had bittered

he/she/it had bittered

we had bittered

you had bittered

they had bittered

Past perfect continuous

I had been bittering

you had been bittering

he/she/it had been bittering

we had been bittering

you had been bittering

they had been bittering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will bitter

you will bitter

he/she/it will bitter

we will bitter

you will bitter

they will bitter

Future continuous

I will be bittering

you will be bittering

he/she/it will be bittering

we will be bittering

you will be bittering

they will be bittering

Future perfect

I will have bittered

you will have bittered

he/she/it will have bittered

we will have bittered

you will have bittered

they will have bittered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been bittering

you will have been bittering

he/she/it will have been bittering

we will have been bittering

you will have been bittering

they will have been bittering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would bitter

you would bitter

he/she/it would bitter

we would bitter

you would bitter

they would bitter

Conditional continuous

I would be bittering

you would be bittering

he/she/it would be bittering

we would be bittering

you would be bittering

they would be bittering

Conditional perfect

I would have bitter

you would have bitter

he/she/it would have bitter

we would have bitter

you would have bitter

they would have bitter

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been bittering

you would have been bittering

he/she/it would have been bittering

we would have been bittering

you would have been bittering

they would have been bittering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you bitter
we let´s bitter
you bitter

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to bitter

Past participle

bittered

Present Participle

bittering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BITTER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bitter» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of bitter

acerb · acid · acrid · acrimonious · aggrieved · angry · arctic · astringent · awful · biting · chill · choked · crabbed · cruel · dire · distressing · embittered · ferocious · fierce · freezing · galling · glacial · great · grievous · gut-wrenching · hard · harsh · hurt · icy · intense · merciless · miffed · offended · peeved · penetrating · piqued · poignant · polar · put out · rancorous · raw · relentless · remorseless · resentful · ruthless · savage · severe · sharp · Siberian · sore · sour · stinging · sullen · tart · unpleasant · unrelenting · unsweetened · vexatious · vinegary · wintry · wounded

TRANSLATION OF BITTER

Find out the translation of bitter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bitter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bitter» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 激烈的
• Translator English - Spanish: duro
• English: bitter
• Translator English - Hindi: कड़वा
• Translator English - Arabic: مُرّ
• Translator English - Russian: ожесточенный
• Translator English - Portuguese: amargo
• Translator English - Bengali: তিক্ত
• Translator English - French: amer
• Translator English - Malay: Pahit
• Translator English - German: bitter
• Translator English - Japanese: にがい
• Translator English - Korean: 쓴
• Translator English - Javanese: Pait
• Translator English - Vietnamese: quyết liệt
• Translator English - Tamil: கசப்பான
• Translator English - Marathi: कडू
• Translator English - Turkish: acı
• Translator English - Italian: amaro
• Translator English - Polish: gorzki
• Translator English - Ukrainian: запеклий
• Translator English - Romanian: înverșunat
• Translator English - Greek: πικρός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bitter
• Translator English - Swedish: bitter
• Translator English - Norwegian: bitter

10 QUOTES WITH «BITTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bitter.

1

Adele

I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I'm done with being a bitter witch.

2

Scott Adsit

What crushed my soul was hanging out with bitter, desperate comics backstage. They're a different breed than the bitter yet eager psyches in the wings of an improv theatre. Struggling stand-ups have externalized self-loathing into an art form. They're a hunching, quaking, unshaven lot.

3

Drew Barrymore

I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?

4

Jakob Bohme

The sweet quality is set opposite to the bitter, and is a gracious, amiable, blessed and pleasant quality, a refreshing of the life, an allaying of the fierceness. It maketh all pleasant and friendly in every creature; it maketh the vegetables of the earth fragrant and of good taste, affording fair, yellow, white and ruddy colours.

5

Julie Burchill

Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist.

6

Margaret Cho

Why go through life feeling cheated? It does nothing but make you bitter.

7

Denis Diderot

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

8

Waris Dirie

I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.

9

Danny Dyer

There are a lot of bitter people out there who have got jobs that they hate and the key to life for me is doing something you love doing.

10

Tony Fernandes

I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it's going to affect you. You take it on the chin, you learn, you try not to make the same mistakes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BITTER»

Discover the use of bitter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bitter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Bitter End

When Alex falls for the charming new boy at school, Cole -- a handsome, funny, sports star who adores her -- she can't believe she's finally found her soul mate . . . someone who truly loves and understands her.

Jennifer Brown, 2011

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel

BONUS: This edition contains a Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet discussion guide and an excerpt from Jamie Ford's Songs of Willow Frost.

Jamie Ford, 2009

Bitter is the New Black

Jen Lancaster had the perfect man, the perfect job, the perfect life and there was no reason to think it wouldn’t last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, and generally adored to notice.

Jen Lancaster, 2012

Bitter Harvest: A Womans Fury A Mothers Sacrifice

Piece by piece, Ann Rule digs beneath this placid Midwestern facade to unveil a disturbing portrait of strangely troubled marriages, infidelity, desperation, suicide, and escalating acts of revenge that forever changed dozens of lives.

Ann Rule, 2000

China's Bitter Victory: The War with Japan, 1937-1945

This book is the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of China's epochal war with Japan.

James C. Hsiung, Steven I. Levine, 1992

Bitter Blood: The Morganville Vampires

For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace.

Rachel Caine, 2012

Bitter Chocolate: Child Sexual Abuse in India

The Book Opens With An Account-Brave And Devoid Of Self-Pity-Of The Author S Own Experience. Going Beyond Blaming, Pinki Virani Then Proceeds With Her Insightful Analysis Of The Issue In Three Notebooks.

Pinki Virani, 2000

The Bitter Woods

The Allied generals had to rally beaten, dispirited troops in the face of an attack they had never dreamed possible.A study in command, from generals to squad leaders, The Bitter Woods follows von Runstedt, Dietrich, and of course Hitler, ...

John S. D. Eisenhower, 1995

Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, ...

The killings began with the murder of a feisty millionaire widow and her beautiful daughter in their posh Louisville, Kentucky, home.

Jerry Bledsoe, 1989

Bitter Nemesis: The Intimate History of Strychnine

The NOTORIOUS and TRUE story of how a POISONOUS alkaloid... Bitter Nemesis: The Intimate History of Strychnine presents a scholarly and compelling history of this fascinating chemical substance from its discovery to present times.

John Buckingham, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BITTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bitter is used in the context of the following news items.

Political forecast is for a cold and bitter 2017 in Hong Kong

If we fail, the spring of 2017 is sure to be bitter and barren. C.K. Yeung is an education worker. This article appeared in the South China ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»

Guido Amsel went through bitter, lengthy divorce, court records show

Court documents related to Guido Amsel, the man accused of mailing explosives to his ex-wife and Winnipeg law firms, reveal a bitter, ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

Indigenous referendum: Noel Pearson says summit 'stage-managed …

... on Indigenous recognition in Sydney, saying while the event was "a good start", it was "stage-managed" and left a "bitter taste" in his mouth. «ABC Online, Jul 15»

Bitter Sweet: Art for revenge's sake

Some objects are steeped in emotion that is so powerful that onlookers can sense the soul of the object's creator. In the popular book series ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»

After years of bliss, what caused bitter split between two housing …

Like most marriages, the one between Navigate Affordable Housing Partners, Inc. and the Jefferson County Housing Authority was compatible ... «AL.com, Jul 15»

Londoner's Diary: Damien Hirst's opening could be a bitter pill for …

Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery will open in October, bringing an inevitable wave of bohemians and hipsters down to Lambeth. But is the ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»

TAKE TWO: Nathan's contest conjures bitter memories

TAKE TWO: Nathan's contest conjures bitter memories. By David Morrison · TAKE TWO: Nathan's contest conjures bitter memories By DAVID ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»

Talensi voters will teach NDC a bitter lesson – Akomea

He said the people of Talensi will teach the National Democratic Congress (NDC) a bitter lesson in spite of the monies and freebies they are ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»

Bohs 'delighted' to share grounds with bitter rivals Shels

BOHEMIANS Football Club said they have no problem sharing their grounds with rivals Shelbourne FC. Cormac Healy (Dublin City Council ... «Herald, Jul 15»

Defeat was a bitter pill to swallow – Ashington skipper Williams

Ashington Cricket Club's first XI skipper Greg Williams admitted that defeat in the A1 division cup final to Swalwell from the last ball of the game ... «New Post Leader, Jul 15»