bitter

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A lot of commenters here saying the tone of the OP is bitter.

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Quick take

English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bitter gathered in one view.

noun

English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

noun

the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

noun

the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bitter.

noun

English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

noun

the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

noun

the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

verb

make bitter

adjective

marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"

adjective

very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a bitter sorrow"

adjective

harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

adjective

expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears"

adjective

proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; "a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies"

adjective

causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is bitter"

adjective

causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"

adverb

extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold"

See also: piercingly, bitterly, bitingly

Example sentences

A lot of commenters here saying the tone of the OP is bitter.

I'm alarmed that the comments here are so bitter.

They aren't MIT students ordering sweet and sour bitter melon.

I hate saying this, as it sounds like I'm just bitter, but this really could be enough to finally leverage me off of google.

If I'm bitter it is because I was not smart enough to accept that this was the companies culture, and I gave them way too much benefit of the doubt.

But if you would otherwise be bitter and resentful for what you couldn't accomplish in life - it's better to have an absent dad than a bitter one.

Yet nobody is suggesting any bitterness or jealousy... So who exactly is this directed at?

It's good to see a lot of people paying down their debt, saving their money, choosing to take the financial medicine now, rather than later when the flavour will be even more bitter and possibly deadly.

Hershey's advocates will tell you that late one night, after many failed attempts he & his colleague John Shmalbach discovered just the right slow evaporation of non-fat milk that produced a creamy, faintly bitter chocolate.

If I was stuck in a lab where a demanding PI with no computer skills kept throwing the results of poorly designed experiments at me and asking for miracles, I'd be a little bitter too.- Just like any other field, there are also lots of places that are great places to work and are churning out some pretty goddamn amazing code and science.