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bitter
What does bitter mean?
bitter (adjective): causing a sharp and acrid taste experience.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce bitter?
/ˈbɪtɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does bitter come from?
From Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “bitter” mean?
entire; relating to the whole of something
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of higher or the highest quality; splendid
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causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
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in a horizontal line or plane; not sloping
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