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Bitter [bit-er] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
bitter [bit-er]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pungent, sharp
Synonyms: absinthal, absinthian, acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, amaroidal, astringent, harsh, sour, tart, unsweetened, vinegary
Antonyms: bland, mild, pleasant, sweet
Main Entry: bitter
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: painful, distressing
Synonyms: afflictive, annoying, bad, brutal, calamitous, cruel, dire, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, disturbing, galling, grievous, hard, harsh, heartbreaking, hurtful, inclement, intemperate, intense, merciless, offensive, poignant, provoking, rigorous, rugged, ruthless, savage, severe, sharp, stinging, unpalatable, unpleasant, vexatious, woeful
Antonyms: good, helping, wonderful
Main Entry: acrid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nasty in behavior or words
Synonyms: acrimonious, austere, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, harsh, mordant, sarcastic, sharp, trenchant, vitriolic
Antonyms: complimentary, kind, nice
Example Sentences
  • He refuses to be bitter, holds no animosity and is just as upbeat as he's always been.
  • The universal avoidance of intensely bitter molecules shows a strong link between taste and disgust.
  • For protection, many species produce bitter-tasting chemicals, .
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Main Entry: acrimonious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nasty in behavior, speech
Synonyms: acerbic, acid, angry, astringent, belligerent, biting, bitter, caustic, censorious, churlish, crabby, cranky, cross, cutting, indignant, irascible, irate, ireful, mad, mordant, peevish, petulant, rancorous, sarcastic, sharp, spiteful, splenetic, tart, testy, trenchant, wrathful
Antonyms: kind, kindly, peaceable
Main Entry: alkaline
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: being basic, not acid (chemically)
Synonyms: acrid, alkalescent, alkali, antacid, bitter, caustic, neutralizing, salty, soluble
Main Entry: angry
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: being mad, often extremely mad
Synonyms: affronted, annoyed, antagonized, bitter, chafed, choleric, convulsed, cross, displeased, enraged, exacerbated, exasperated, ferocious, fierce, fiery, fuming, furious, galled, hateful, heated, hot, huffy, ill-tempered, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, ireful, irritable, irritated, maddened, nettled, offended, outraged, piqued, provoked, raging, resentful, riled, sore, splenetic, storming, sulky, sullen, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uptight, vexed, wrathful
Antonyms: calm, collected, content, happy, joyful, joyous
Main Entry: astringent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: harsh
Synonyms: acetic, acrid, biting, bitter, cutting, sharp, tonic
Antonyms: bland, mild
Main Entry: biting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: piercing, sharp
Synonyms: bitter, bleak, blighting, cold, crisp, cutting, freezing, harsh, nipping, penetrating, raw
Antonyms: bland, calm, mild
Main Entry: biting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sarcastic
Synonyms: acerbic, acrimonious, bitter, caustic, cutting, incisive, mordant, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, withering
Antonyms: kind, nice, sweet
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