Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bitter |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, antagonistic, burning, caustic, sardonic, scathing, sharp |
| Antonyms: | kind, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | acid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bitter in words or behavior |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, biting, caustic, cutting, dry, harsh, hateful, hurtful, mordant, nasty, offensive, sarcastic, sharp, stinging, trenchant, vitriolic |
| Antonyms: | kind, nice |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | bitter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, nasty |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, alienated, antagonistic, begrudging, biting, caustic, crabby, divided, embittered, estranged, fierce, freezing, hateful, intense, irreconcilable, morose, rancorous, resentful, sardonic, severe, sore, sour, stinging, sullen, virulent, vitriolic, with chip on shoulder |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, content, genial, kind, nice, pleasant, sweet |
| Main Entry: | hostile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, mean |
| Synonyms: | adverse, alien, allergic, anti*, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, catty, chill*, cold*, competitive, contentious, contrary, disapproving, dour, hateful, ill-disposed, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, malignant, militant, nasty, opposed, opposite, oppugnant, ornery*, pugnacious, rancorous, scrappy, sour*, spiteful, surly, unfavorable, unfriendly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unsympathetic, unwelcoming, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike |
| Notes: | a hostel is inexpensive supervised lodging, while hostile means characterized by enmity or ill will or very unfriendly or antagonistic |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, friendly, gentle, kind, nice, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opprobrious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abusive, hateful |
| Synonyms: | abasing, calumniatory, contemptuous, contumelious, damaging, debasing, defamatory, defaming, denigrating, depreciative, derogative, despicable, despiteful, detractive, disgracing, dishonoring, disparaging, humiliating, hurting, injuring, injurious, insolent, insulting, invective, libeling, malevolent, malign, malignant, maligning, notorious, offending, offensive, pejorative, reproaching, reviling, scandalous, scurrilous, shaming, spiteful, truculent, vile, vitriolic, vituperative, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | complimentary, flattering, kind, nice, praising |
| Main Entry: | sharp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurtful, bitter in speech |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, angry, barbed, biting, caustic, cutting, double-edged, harsh, incisive, inconsiderate, penetrating, peppery, piercing, pointed, pungent, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, short, stabbing, stinging, tart, thoughtless, trenchant, unceremonious, ungracious, virulent, vitriolic |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | virulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, antagonistic, bitter, cutting, hateful, malevolent, malicious, rancorous, resentful, scathing, sharp, spiteful, splenetic, stabbing, unfriendly, venomous, vicious, vindictive, vitriolic |
| Antonyms: | gentle, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | mordacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | biting |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, acrimonious, astringent, bitter, caustic, corrosive, cutting, incisive, mordant, pungent, scathing, severe, sharp, slashing, stinging, trenchant, truculent, vitriolic, withering |
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