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The word "bitter" can be used as noun, adjective, adjective, verb, proper noun, adverb and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

optimistic sweet

Derived Terms

Bitter electromagnet Bitter plate Great Bitter Lake Mishmi bitter [pl=s best bitter bitter African daisy bitter albizia bitter almond bitter aloes bitter apple bitter bark bitter bean bitter bolete bitter bossie bitter bracket bitter buchu bitter cherry bitter chocolate bitter coco bitter cold bitter cold bitter cornsalad bitter cryptandra bitter cucumber bitter dock bitter dogbane bitter drumstick tree bitter fleabane bitter forest grape bitter funnel bitter ganna bitter gooseberry bitter gourd bitter grape bitter herbs bitter hickory bitter hymenoxys bitter kambro bitter karoo bitter karree bitter leaf bitter lettuce bitter melon bitter milkwort bitter myrobalan bitter nightshade) bitter nutmeg bitter orange bitter oysterling bitter panicgrass bitter paramosage bitter pea bitter pecan bitter pill bitter pill to swallow bitter pit bitter poisonpie bitter quandong bitter ragwort bitter rot bitter scalewort bitter snakewood bitter sneezeweed bitter sorrel bitter sow-thistle bitter spar bitter squash bitter tea bitter thistle bitter tomato bitter vetch bitter vine bitter waxcap bitter webcap bitter willow bitter wintercress bitter-cress bitter-leaf bitter-sweet bitterbrush bitterbush bittercress bitterful bitterish bitterless bitterling bitterly bittermelon bitterness bitternut bitterorange bitterroot bittersharp bittersome bittersweet bitterweed bitterwood bitterwort brought up to a bitter cooking bitter debitter debitterize embitter imbitter mild and bitter nonbitter overbitter session bitter sugarcoat a bitter pill swallow a bitter pill take the bitter with the sweet unbitter

Derived From

bit bitts

Distinct From

stout sweet tasty

Context

computing nautical united kingdom

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ale change taste gustable gustatory perception gustatory sensation taste taste perception taste property taste sensation

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bitterish coffeelike hoppy quiniferous

Type Of (IsA)

ale beer dark beer pale ale taste

Manner Of

change taste

Part Of

taste

Related Terms

bitter end bitterness

Related Terms

acrid acrid taste architecture bad bad taste base basic basic flavor beer bit bitter end bitts cable chocolate cynical dark flavor hardware harsh hateful hops hostile lemons like like sour mouth piercing resentful sharp sharp taste sour stinging strong strong taste sweet sweet sour system taste turn unpleasant unpleasant taste

Similar Terms

hostile hostile intolerable intolerable painful resentful sorrowful sorrowful tasty tasty unbearable unendurable unpleasant

Synonym Network

acrimonious biting bitingly bitterness english pale ale jaded sulfurous

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