The meaning of BITTER is being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of …

Synonyms for BITTER: angry, sore, cynical, embittered, resentful, acrimonious, acrid, rancorous; Antonyms of BITTER: sweet, warm, sympathetic, loving, gentle, kind, unbitter, forgiving

BITTER definition: 1. Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened…. Learn more.

Bitter means "having a sharp or harsh flavor." Bitter describes a particular pungent taste, like the sharpness of very dark chocolate (which is sometimes called bittersweet for its mixture of the …

A bitter taste is sharp, not sweet, and often slightly unpleasant. The leaves taste rather bitter. ...as the wine ages, losing its bitter harshness, and becoming softer and smoother.

having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes. producing one of the four basic taste sensations; not sour, sweet, or salt. a bitter sorrow. a …

Having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid, and unpleasant. 2. Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh: enveloped in bitter cold; a bitter wind. 3. Difficult or …