[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bitter \bit"ter\, n. see bitts. naut.
   aa turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
   1913 webster

   bitter end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts,
      and so within board, when the ship rides at anchor.
      1913 webster
see also:
bitts bitter end 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bitter \bit"ter\, a. as. biter; akin to goth. baitrs, icel.
   bitr, dan., sw., d.,  g. bitter, os. bittar, fr. root of e.
   bite. see bite, v. t.
   1. having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of
      wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine;
      bitter as aloes.
      1913 webster

   2. causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe;
      as, a bitter cold day.
      1913 webster

   3. causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind;
      calamitous; poignant.
      1913 webster

            it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
            forsaken the lord thy god.            --jer. ii. 19.
      1913 webster

   4. characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
      stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
      1913 webster

            husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
            them.                                 --col. iii.
                                                  19.
      1913 webster

   5. mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
      1913 webster

            the egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with
            hard bondage.                         --ex. i. 14.
      1913 webster

   bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd. bot. see
      colocynth.

   bitter cress bot., a plant of the genus cardamine, esp.
      cardamine amara.

   bitter earth min., tale earth; calcined magnesia.

   bitter principles chem., a class of substances, extracted
      from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but
      with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.

   bitter salt, epsom salts; magnesium sulphate.

   bitter vetch bot., a name given to two european
      leguminous herbs, vicia orobus and ervum ervilia.

   to the bitter end, to the last extremity, however
      calamitous.
      1913 webster

   syn: acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe;
        acrimonious.
        1913 webster
see also:
bite bitter apple bitter cucumber bitter gourd colocynth bitter cress 
cardamine cardamine amara bitter earth bitter principles bitter salt 
bitter vetch vicia orobus ervum ervilia to the bitter end 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bitter \bit"ter\, n.
   any substance that is bitter. see bitters.
   1913 webster
see also:
bitters 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bitter \bit"ter\, v. t.
   to make bitter. --wolcott.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bitter
     adj 1: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious
            dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" syn: acrimonious
     2: very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a
        bitter sorrow"
     3: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
        otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments";
        "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words";
        "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political
        assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a
        sulfurous denunciation" syn: acerb, acerbic, acid,
        acrid, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous,
         venomous, virulent, vitriolic
     4: one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and
        disagreeable; like the taste of quinine
     5: expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears"
     6: proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity;
        "a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies"
     7: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used
        especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind" syn: biting
     n 1: english term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor
          of hops usually on draft
     2: the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into
        the mouth syn: bitterness
     3: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste syn: bitterness
     adv : extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold"
           syn: piercingly, bitterly, bitingly
     v : make bitter
see also:
acrimonious acerb acerbic acid acrid blistering 
caustic sulfurous sulphurous venomous virulent 
vitriolic biting bitterness piercingly bitterly 
bitingly 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

229 moby thesaurus words for "bitter":
   siberian, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent,
   acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, affecting, afflictive, aftertaste,
   algid, alienated, amaroidal, annoying, antagonistic, antipathetic,
   arctic, asperous, astringent, austere, bad, belligerent,
   below zero, bilious, biting, bitter as gall, bitterly cold, bleak,
   boreal, brisk, brumal, brutal, burning, caustic, cheerless,
   choleric, clashing, coarse, cold, cold as charity, cold as death,
   cold as ice, cold as marble, colliding, comfortless, conflicting,
   corroding, corrosive, crisp, cruel, cutting, deplorable,
   depressing, depressive, despiteful, disagreeable, discomforting,
   dislikable, dismal, dismaying, dispiriting, displeasing,
   distasteful, distressful, distressing, disturbing, divided,
   dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, double-edged, dreary, dyspeptic,
   edged, embittered, escharotic, estranged, fierce, flavor, freezing,
   freezing cold, frigid, full of hate, galling, gelid, glacial,
   grievous, gust, hard, harsh, hateful, hibernal, hiemal, hostile,
   hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, incisive,
   inclement, intemperate, irreconcilable, irritating, jaundiced,
   joyless, keen, lamentable, malevolent, malicious, malignant,
   miserable, mordacious, mordant, mournful, moving, nasty, nipping,
   nippy, nose-tickling, numbing, obnoxious, offensive, painful,
   palate, pathetic, penetrating, piercing, pinching, piquant,
   piteous, pitiable, poignant, provoking, pungent, quarrelsome,
   rancorous, rankled, raw, regrettable, relish, reproachful,
   repugnant, resentful, resenting, rigorous, rough, rueful, rugged,
   sad, saddening, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness, scathing,
   scorching, set against, severe, sharp, sleety, slushy, smack,
   snappy, sore, sorrowful, sour, sour-tempered, soured, spiteful,
   splenetic, stabbing, stewing, stinging, stomach, stone-cold,
   strident, stringent, subzero, supercooled, sweet, tang, tart,
   taste, thankless, tongue, tooth, touching, trenchant, ugly,
   unalluring, unappealing, unappetizing, unattractive, uncomfortable,
   undelectable, undelicious, undesirable, unengaging, unenjoyable,
   uninviting, unkind, unlikable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing,
   unsavory, untasteful, unwelcome, vehement, venomous, vexatious,
   vicious, vinegarish, violent, virulent, vitriolic, winterbound,
   winterlike, wintery, wintry, withering, woebegone, woeful,
   wretched

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

bitter
   bitterness is symbolical of affliction, misery, and servitude
   ex. 1:14; ruth 1:20; jer. 9:15. the chaldeans are called the
   "bitter and hasty nation" hab. 1:6. the "gall of bitterness"
   expresses a state of great wickedness acts 8:23. a "root of
   bitterness" is a wicked person or a dangerous sin heb. 12:15.
   
     the passover was to be eaten with "bitter herbs" ex. 12:8;
   num. 9:11. the kind of herbs so designated is not known.
   probably they were any bitter herbs obtainable at the place and
   time when the passover was celebrated. they represented the
   severity of the servitude under which the people groaned; and
   have been regarded also as typical of the sufferings of christ.
   

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