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• bitter — bit|ter1 [ bıtər ] adjective ** 1. ) feeling angry or upset because of a bad experience, especially when you think that you have been treated unfairly: bitter about: I m still bitter about the whole affair. a ) involving very angry feelings: a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bitter — I UK [ˈbɪtə(r)] / US [ˈbɪtər] adjective ** 1) feeling angry or upset because of a bad experience, especially when you think that you have been treated unfairly bitter about: I m still bitter about the whole affair. a) involving very angry… …   English dictionary

• bitter — bit|ter1 W3S3 [ˈbıtə US ər] adj [: Old English; Origin: biter] 1.) feeling angry, jealous, and upset because you think you have been treated unfairly →↑bitterly bitter about ▪ I feel very bitter about what has happened. ▪ a bitter and vindictive… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bitter — [[t]bɪ̱tə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ bitterest, bitters 1) ADJ GRADED In a bitter argument or conflict, people argue very angrily or fight very fiercely. ...the scene of bitter fighting during the Second World War. ...a bitter attack on the Government s failure …   English dictionary

• bitter — 1 adjective 1 ANGRY/UPSET full of angry, jealous, and unhappy feelings because you think you have been badly treated or that unfair things have happened to you: He became bitter and disillusioned as he grew older. (+ about): They all lost their… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bitter — I adj. bitter about (he was bitter about his lot) II n. to take the bitter (with the sweet) * * * [ bɪtə] bitter about (he was bitter about his lot) to take the bitter (with the sweet) …   Combinatory dictionary

• bitter — adj. 1 angry/unhappy VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem, sound ▪ become, grow, turn ▪ He had grown bitter as the years passed …   Collocations dictionary

• bitter*/ — [ˈbɪtə] adj I 1) angry or upset because you think that you have been treated unfairly I m still bitter about the whole affair.[/ex] 2) involving very angry feelings a bitter dispute[/ex] 3) making you feel very unhappy or disappointed It was a… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Bitter melon — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

• bitter end — In lexicons of sea language going back to 1759, the bitter end is the part of a cable which is round about the bits (two great timbers used to belay cables) when the ship is at anchor. Bitter end of the Cable, the End which is wound about the… …   Etymology dictionary

• Bitter Pill — may refer to: * Bitter Pill , a song by Soul Asylum from their 1990 album And the Horse They Rode in On * Bitter Pill , a song by Annie Lennox from her 2003 album Bare * Bitter Pill , a song by Mötley Crüe from their 1998 compilation album… …   Wikipedia