bitter (redirected from bittering)

bitter (Acrid tasting), adjective absinthal, absinthian, acerbate, acerbic, acerbus, acid, acidulous, acidus, acrid, asper, biting, caustic, cutting, disagreeable, distasteful, sharp, sour, soured, sourish, tart, unappetizing, unpleasant, unsavory, unsweet, vinegarish

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bitter (Penetrating), adjective acrimonious, afflictive, austere, bilious, biting, brutal, burning, choleric, corrosive, cutting, double-edged, dyspeptic, harsh, incisive, keen, mordant, nasty, piercing, poignant, pricking, scathing, scorching, severe, smarting, sore, stabbing, stern, stinging, trenchant, venomous, virulent, withering

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bitter (Reproachful), adjective acrimonious, biting, caustic, cross, despiteful, embittered, hostile, hurtful, indignant, piqued, provoked, resentful, sarcastic, sardonic, scornful, sorrowful, spiteful, splenetic, unamiable, unhappy, vexed, vitriolic

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See also: antipathetic, astringent, dyseptic, harsh, hostile, malevolent, malignant, mordacious, resentful, virulent