Definition of Bitter

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Bitter

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Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.

Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.

Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.

Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.

Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.

To make bitter.

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Bitter Quotations

It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
Barack Obama

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
Kahlil Gibran

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.
Bill Cosby

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
John F. Kennedy

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
William Shakespeare

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Aristotle

You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
Samuel Goldwyn

Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?
Joan Crawford

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune."
Marcus Aurelius

Bitter Translations

bitter in Afrikaans is bitter
bitter in Danish is bitter
bitter in Dutch is bitter
bitter in German is bitter
bitter in Italian is birra, acerbo, amaro
bitter in Latin is acerbus
bitter in Norwegian is sur, bitter
bitter in Portuguese is amargo
bitter in Spanish is amargar, agrio, amargo

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