English

Adjective

bitter, more bitter, most bitter

1. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance)

   The coffee was bitter.

2. Harsh, piercing or stinging

   A bitter wind blew from the north.

3. Hateful or hostile

   They're bitter enemies.

4. Cynical and resentful

   I've been bitter ever since that defeat.

Translations

• CJKV Characters: 辛
• Breton: c'hwerv
• Bulgarian: горчив (1), остър (2), злобен (3), враждебен (3), циничен (4)
• Catalan: amarg (1)
• Chinese: 苦澀 , 苦涩
• Dutch: bitter (1,3), scherp (2), verbitterd (4)
• Ekspreso: amarga , marga
• Fijian: qona (1)
• Finnish: kitkerä
• French: amer
• German: bitter
• Indonesian: pahit , getir
• Interlingua: acerbe , amar
• Italian: amaro
• Japanese: 苦い (にがい , nigai), ビター (bitā)
• Latin: amarus (1, 4), acerbus (2), asper (3)
• Polish: gorzki (1)
• Portuguese: amargo , azedo
• Romanian: amar m, amară f
• Russian: горько
• Spanish: amargo (1), amargado (4)
• Tongan: kava (1)
• Volapük: biedik

Noun

bitter

1. (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
2. A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

Dutch

Adjective

bitter, bitterder, meest bitter

1. Having an acrid taste (see above)

Translations

English: bitter

Related words

verbitterd