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Traditional British beer with a bitter flavour due to its content of hops.

A popular, golden brown English ale, so named for its bitter essence, derived from hops. See also beer.

adjective

1. Having a noticeably sharp pungent taste or smell: acerbic, acrid, harsh, sour. See taste/bad taste.
2. Causing sharp, often prolonged discomfort: brutal, hard, harsh, rough, severe. See comfort/discomfort.
3. Difficult to accept: distasteful, indigestible, painful, unpalatable. See like/dislike.
4. Bitingly hostile: acrimonious, embittered, hard, rancorous, resentful, virulent. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, love/hatred.

In addition to the idioms beginning with bitter, also see take the bitter with the sweet.

Definition: hostile, nasty
Antonyms: agreeable, content, genial, kind, nice, pleasant, sweet

adj

Definition: painful, distressing
Antonyms: good, helping, wonderful

adj

Definition: pungent, sharp
Antonyms: bland, mild, pleasant, sweet

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1. an austere and unpalatable taste like that of quinine.
2. a medicinal and culinary agent used as a tonic, alterative or appetizer.

• b. almond — a variety of Prunus amygdalus, the almond tree. Grown for the production of almond oil. The kernel of its seed contains sufficient cyanogenetic glycoside to be a possible cause of cyanide poisoning. The smell of bitter almonds is often quoted as being a characteristic finding in cases of cyanide poisoning in animals.
• b. bark — see alstonia constricta.
• b. melon — citrullus lanatus.
• b. rubberweed — hymenoxys odorata.
• b. sneezeweed — helenium amarum.
• b. vetch — ervum ervilia.

• Cold weather
• Beers
• Tastes - bitter: (adj) having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste; being one of the four basic taste sensations
• Cold, Unfriendly, Irritable, or Cruel
• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

Bitter can refer to:

Look up bitter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Bitter (beer), a British term for pale ale
• Bitter (taste), one of the five basic tastes
• Bitter Cars, a German car company
• Bitter (surname) (including a list of persons with the name)
• Bitter (album), an album by Meshell Ndegeocello
• Bitters, a herbal preparation now used mostly in cocktails
• Resentment, a negative emotion, similar to bitterness, felt as a result of a real or imagined wrong done
• "Bitter", a single by New Zealand band Shihad

See also

• Bitterlich (disambiguation)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bitter, bittertsmagende, besk
n. - bitter
adv. - bittert
v. tr. - gøre bitter

idioms:

• a bitter pill to swallow    en bitter pille at sluge

Nederlands (Dutch)
bitter, zuur, wrang, teleurgesteld

Français (French)
adj. - amer, aigri, âpre, glacial (le temps), cinglant, rude, rigoureux, acerbe (une critique), pénible, cruel (une déception), profond (une haine), violent (un argument), cuisant (une défaite), féroce (une attaque)
n. - (GB) bière anglaise, (Pharm) amer, bitter amer
adv. - avec amertume, avec acharnement, avec rigueur, avec cruauté
v. tr. - rendre amer, porter un coup dur à

idioms:

• a bitter pill to swallow    (fig) la pilule est dure à avaler

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bitter, verbittert, scharf
n. - Bitterbier, Magenbitter, Bitterkeit
adv. - bitter
v. - bitter machen, verbittern

idioms:

• a bitter pill to swallow    eine bittere Pille

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πικρός, δριμύς, τσουχτερός, φαρμακερός, δηκτικός
adv. - εξαιρετικά, δριμύτατα
n. - πικρή μπίρα, πικραντική ουσία (ποτού)

idioms:

• a bitter pill to swallow    πικρό χάπι

Italiano (Italian)
amaro, amareggiato, acre

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - amargo, acre, doloroso
adv. - amargamente
n. - sabor (m) amargo, contrariedade (f) (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
горький, разочарованный, пронизывающий, едкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - amargo, ácido, agrio, amargado, resentido, penetrante, cortante
n. - almendra amarga, amargor, amargura, licor de raíces amargas
adv. - amargamente
v. tr. - amargar, agriar

idioms:

• a bitter pill to swallow    una píldora difícil de tragar, un trago amargo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - besk, bitter
adv. - förbittrad, hätsk
n. - bitterhet, bäsk aperitif

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
苦的, 怀恨的, 痛苦的, 苦味, 苦啤酒, 辛酸, 苦苦地, 严寒刺骨地, 激烈地, 使变苦

idioms:

• a bitter pill to swallow    不得不忍受的苦事

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 苦的, 懷恨的, 痛苦的
n. - 苦味, 苦啤酒, 辛酸
adv. - 苦苦地, 嚴寒刺骨地, 激烈地
v. tr. - 使變苦

idioms:

• a bitter pill to swallow    不得不忍受的苦事

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 쓴, 괴로운, 지독한
n. - 쓴맛, 괴로움, 쓴 맥주
adv. - 지독히, 몹시
v. tr. - ~을 쓰게 하다

idioms:

• a bitter pill to swallow    억지로 하는 싫은 일

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 苦い, つらい, 苦々しく思う, 憎しみに満ちた, 厳しい, 痛烈な, 冷酷な
n. - 苦さ, 苦みの強いビール, ビターズ
adv. - ひどく

idioms:

• a bitter pill to swallow    耐えなければならない嫌な事

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مر, لاذع, مؤلم (ظرف) جدا, الى حد كبير (الاسم) نوع من البيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מריר, מר, עז (קור)‬
n. - ‮בירה מרה (משקה)‬
adv. - ‮מריר, מר, עז (קור)‬
v. tr. - ‮מירר, עשה למר‬