bitter
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~ causing a sharp and acrid taste experience; "quinine is bitter"
bitter
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~ expressive of severe grief or regret; "shed bitter tears"
bitter
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~ proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; "a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies"
bitter
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~ very difficult to accept or bear; "the bitter truth"; "a bitter sorrow"
bitter
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~ 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"; "a vitriolic critique"
bitter betch
— Noun
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~ European perennial toxic vetch
bitter almond
— Noun
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~ almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes
bitter aloes
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~ a purgative made from the leaves of aloe
bitter
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~ English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
bitter
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~ the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
bitter-bark
— Noun
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~ ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
bitter
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~ the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
bittercress
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~ any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic