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English

Etymology
OE. #Old English|bitter

Pronunciation
IPA|/�bɪt�/ italbrac|RP
IPA|/�bɪt�r/ italbrac|US
audio|en-us-bitter.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪt�(r)|-ɪt�(r)

Homophones
bidder italbrac|in some dialects

Adjective
en-adj|bitterer|bitterest|more

1. Having an acrid taste (usually from a base|basic substance)

#: The coffee was bitter.

1. harsh|Harsh, piercing or stinging

#: A bitter wind blew from the north.
#: 1999: It was at the end of February, ... when the world was cold, and a bitter wind howled down the moors.... — Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pg. 31 (Perennial paperback edition)

1. hateful|Hateful or hostile

#: They're bitter enemies.

1. cynical|Cynical and resentful

#: I've been bitter ever since that defeat.

Usage notes
The one-word comparative form term|bitterer and superlative form term|bitterest exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts term||more bitter and term||most bitter.

Slovak: t-|sk|horký
Slovene: grenak m, grenka f, grenko n
Spanish: t+|es|amargo
Swedish: t-|sv|bitter
Telugu: ��ద� (chaedu)
Tongan: kava
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trans-top|harsh, piercing or stinging (2)
Bulgarian: t+|bg|���|sc=Cyrl
Danish: bidende
Dutch: t+|nl|scherp
Italian: aspro m, aspra f (of weather gelido)
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Japanese: JAchar|��� (JAchar|����, hageshii)
Marathi: त�व�र (teewra), ���र (ugra)
Latin: t+|la|acerbus
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trans-top|hateful or hostile (3)
Bulgarian: t+|bg|злобен|scCyrl, t+|bg|в�аждебен|scCyrl
Croatian: ljut m
Danish: t-|da|bitter
Dutch: t+|nl|bitter
Finnish: katkera
German: erbittert
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Latin: t-|la|asper
Marathi: ����र (kaTTar)
Swedish: t-|sv|bitter
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trans-top|cynical and resentful (4)
Bulgarian: t+|bg|�ини�ен|sc=Cyrl
Croatian: ogor�en m
Danish: #Danish|bitter, forbitret
Dutch: verbitterd
Finnish: katkera
French: t+|fr|amer
German: verbittert
Hebrew: he-translation|�ר�ר|marír m, he-translation|�ר�ר�|merirá f
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Latin: t-|la|amarus
Slovene: zagrenjen m, zagrenjena f, zagrenjeno n
Spanish: amargado
Swedish: t-|sv|bitter
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ttbc|CJKV Characters: �
ttbc|Breton: c'hwerv
ttbc|Hindi: �ड�वा (ka.duv�)
ttbc|Indonesian: pahit, getir
ttbc|Interlingua: acerbe, amar
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ttbc|Romanian: amar m, amar� f
ttbc|Hungarian: keserű
ttbc|Telugu: ��ద� (cEdu)
ttbc|Urdu: URchar|ک��ا (ka.duv�)
ttbc|Volapük: biedik

Noun
en-noun

1. (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
2. A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

Translations
trans-top|Liquid or powder used in mixed drinks or as tonic
Danish: t-|da|bitter
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trans-top|Type of beer
Danish: t-|da|bitter
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Kurdish: KUchar|تاڵ�
Spanish: bíter m

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Alcoholic beverages
Category:Taste

Danish

Etymology 1
From German #German|bitter

Adjective
bitter, bitrere, bitrest

1. #English|bitter (all meanings)

Related terms
bitterhed
forbitret

Noun
bitter c

1. #English|bitter (the liquid used in drinks)
2. A bitter form of an aquavit

Etymology 2
From English #English|bitter

Noun
bitter c

1. #English|bitter (type of beer - only known generally in Denmark for a few years)

Category:Danish adjectives
Category:Danish nouns

Dutch

Adjective
bitter, bitterder, meest bitter

1. Having an acrid taste (see above)

Translations
English: bitter

Related terms
verbitterd

German

Etymology
Old High German bittar

Adjective
de-adj|comparativebitterer|superlativebittersten

1. bitter

Category:German adjectives
Category:de:Taste

Italian

Noun
bitter m inv

1. bitters

Old English

Etymology
Maybe from the verb *bitan

Adjective
bitter

1. bitter

Category:Old English adjectives

Swedish

Adjective
sv-adj-reg|3=bittr
bitter

1. #English|bitter; having an acrid taste
2. #English|bitter; hateful
3. #English|bitter; resentful

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