Synonyms for Bitter | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "bitter" (290 found)

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Closest matches (58)

Adjective(10 words)

acrid acrimonious acerb acerbic acid biting bitterer bitterish blistering caustic

acerb acerbate acerbic acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrid acrimonious affecting afflictive aftertaste algid alienated amaroidal annoying antagonistic antipathetic arctic asperous

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astringent austere bad belligerentbelow zerobilious bitingbitter as gallbitterly coldbleak boreal brisk brumal brutal burning caustic cheerless choleric

Adjective(5 words)

acerb acerbic acrid bittersome caustic

Noun(3 words)

beer bitterness bitters

Adverb(2 words)

bitingly bitterly

Strong matches (87)

clashing coarse coldcold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marblecolliding comfortless conflicting corroding corrosive crisp cruel cutting deplorable depressing depressive despiteful devastating

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Noun(4 words)

embitteringenglish pale aleepa invective

Adjective(2 words)

grim harsh

Related words (145)

joyless keen lamentable malevolent malicious malignant miserable mordacious mordant mortal mournful moving nasty nipping nippynose ticklingnose-tickling numbing obnoxious offensive

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painful palate pathetic penetrating piercing pinching piquant piteous pitiable poignant provoking pungent quarrelsome rancorous rankled raw regrettable relish remorseful reproachful repugnant resentful resenting rigorous rough rueful rugged sad saddening salt sapidity sapor sarcastic savor savoriness scathing scorchingset againstsevere sharp siberian sleety slushy smack snappy sore sorrowful sour sour-tempered soured spiteful splenetic stabbing stewing stinging stomachstone coldstone-cold strident stringent subzero supercooled sweet tang tart taste thankless tongue tooth touching trenchant ugly unalluring unappealing unappetizing unattractive uncomfortable undelectable undelicious undesirable unengaging unenjoyable uninviting unkind unlikable unpalatable unpleasant unpleasing unsavory untasteful unwelcome vehement venomous vexatious vicious vinegarish violent virulent vitriolic winterbound winterlike wintery wintry withering woebegone woeful wretched

Adverb(1 words)

piercingly

Adjective(15 words)

pungent resentful saltiest salty sardonic severe sharp sourer sourest sulfurous sulphurous unforgivingunpalatable mushroomvirulent vitriolic

Adjective(2 words)

sharp vinegary

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

14 entries

affect alechange tasteconditionemotional stateflavorgustatory perceptiongustatory sensationseverity tastetaste perceptiontaste propertytaste qualitytaste sensation

More specific

7 entries

bitter beerbitter chocolatebitter coffeebitter defeatbitter windresentful moodsour mood

Collocations

6 entries

bitter coldbitter defeatbitter ironybitter pillbitter tastebitter truth

Inflections

4 entries

bitterer bitterestmore bittermost bitter

Derivations

2 entries

bitterly bitterness

similar

9 entries

hostile intolerable painful resentful sorrowful tasty unbearable unendurable unpleasant

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Laugh as much as you like; I'll stick to my plan to the bitter end.

Source: tatoeba (18061)

Whatever happens, I'll stick to my principles to the bitter end.

Source: tatoeba (25055)

Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.

Source: tatoeba (28169)

We were all shaking from the bitter cold.

Source: tatoeba (28814)

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