Used in a Sentence

bitterly

How to use bitterly in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for bitterly.

Editorial note

All were bitterly complained of at first, and then acquiesced in and forgotten.

Examples13
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

with bitterness, in a resentful manner; "she complained bitterly"

Meaning at a glance

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

adverb

with bitterness, in a resentful manner; "she complained bitterly"

adverb

indicating something hard to accept; "he was bitterly disappointed"

adverb

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bitterly.

adverb

with bitterness, in a resentful manner; "she complained bitterly"

adverb

indicating something hard to accept; "he was bitterly disappointed"

Example sentences

1

All were bitterly complained of at first, and then acquiesced in and forgotten.

2

It's called "technical debt" and we accrue it both bitterly and often willingly.

3

Instead of your commute killing you, the gloomy, bitterly cold weather in the Northeast will be killing you half of the year.

4

I long regretted bitterly and still regret that I had not given it to him by Inoculation.

5

The most common etymology is that the name was a marketing ploy to convince settlers to come to a hostile and bitterly cold land.

6

I was bitterly disappointed a few months ago when I needed a breadboard and a few basic components and RS didn't have half of them.

7

The author's article is not meant for Chinese, perhaps, but for other foreigners, and therefore its useful and not "bitterly biased.

8

[...] Lulu becomes rebellious, openly defying her teacher and her mother and bitterly complaining in public about her home life.

9

Companies that I work with complain bitterly that their competitors are bidding irresponsibly.

10

The college professors I know would laugh bitterly at the suggestion that underprepared college freshmen was a relatively new phenomenon.

11

And the fourth...Don't get me wrong, I whine bitterly about the over-glorified promise of the Silicon Valley techno-drome, where raw technology is supposed to solve all of humanity's woes.

12

Have you ever spent a substantial amount of your own time and effort to attempt to fix any of these issues?Or do you just bitterly complain about the irredeemably corrupt nature of US government on online message boards?Your cynicism, and those of people like you, is also a large contributor to our nation's innumerable problems.

13

I personally know of at least two marriages that ended in divorce for reasons entirely unrelated to the quality of the relationship - one or both parties had a mid-life crisis, tried to reinvent themselves to assuage their existential angst, divorced, utterly alienated their partner in the process and ended up bitterly regretting it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bitterly in a sentence?

All were bitterly complained of at first, and then acquiesced in and forgotten.

What does bitterly mean?

with bitterness, in a resentful manner; "she complained bitterly"

What part of speech is bitterly?

bitterly is commonly used as adverb.