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as in angry
having or showing deep-seated resentment
a bitter attitude about always having to work on Saturday she's still bitter about how her family treated her so unfairly
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as in painful
hard to accept or bear especially emotionally
discovering that he had been cut from the crew team was a bitter disappointment
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as in biting
causing intense discomfort to one's skin
a bitter wind was stinging the faces of the skiers
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as in harsh
difficult to endure
a bitter lesson about money and friendship
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as in cold
having a low or subnormal temperature
a bitter February day for this part of the country
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as in chilly
uncomfortably cool
a bitter, rainy day
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as in mournful
expressing or suggesting mourning
a bitter cry of grief
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as in unpleasant
not giving pleasure to the mind or senses
had to face the bitter truth about their marriage
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Recent Examples of bitter
The result is a faster, brighter cold-drip coffee without the bitter character of some iced coffee.
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Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
One of the most important ways to face the bitter cold is by bundling up in cozy winter accessories.
—Melony Forcier, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
This led to a bitter fallout, including a lawsuit in which Ventura successfully sued McMahon for unpaid royalties related to his commentary.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Cooking with beer concentrates its flavors, amplifying any bitter notes.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024
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Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
One of the most important ways to face the bitter cold is by bundling up in cozy winter accessories.
—Melony Forcier, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
This led to a bitter fallout, including a lawsuit in which Ventura successfully sued McMahon for unpaid royalties related to his commentary.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Cooking with beer concentrates its flavors, amplifying any bitter notes.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitter
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Early this year, the company had a PR problem as angry customers raged online about higher menu prices.Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement When questioned about the next day’s testimony, Netanyahu became visibly angry.Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Survivor: Thailand The fake merge and brutal last challenge — where the final three had to hold coins between their fingers in a crazy painful pose — keep this dud out of the bottom spot.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Her symptoms were pretty challenging—a series of painful nodules that needed to be lanced and drained.Julia Ries, SELF, 12 Dec. 2024
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Her awful journey is a raging scream against the patriarchy and a biting critique of how women are viewed, especially by other women.The Week US, theweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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As playwright, Barbot sits between them, turning the mainstream obscurity of his protagonists into a biting political point, and reflecting poignantly on the long arc of history, which sure seems to take its sweet time bending toward justice.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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The corps’ push for additional benefits coincided with a harsh realization for the British Army: For white men, service in the West Indies was viewed as a death sentence due to the high risk of disease.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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With his latest project, he’s found a balance between the harsher realities of the real world, and his own playful spirit.Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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This cold air will quickly expand south and east Friday and encompass the entire eastern half of the country by Saturday.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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In the nation's coldest big city, Minneapolis, the weather service said highs in the single digits to teens and lows below zero look likely for Friday and Saturday.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Made from certified sustainable yarns and dyes, the bamboo and tencel scarf is for the luxe woman who can’t say no to her prints (and wants to stay warm in the chilly months).Dahvi Shira, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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On a recent chilly afternoon, about a half dozen men were clearing snow from a commercial office building in town.Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Very few directors working today can put across a movie like Gladiator II as convincingly, which perhaps explains why the sequel — for all its barbaric violence and the plaintive, at times stirring, discussions about justice and democracy — doesn’t have the mournful quality that the first film did.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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Russell Crowe beating people to death in a soulful, mournful way?Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Almost everyone is bitter, unpleasant, scheming, self-centered, manipulative or awful (or just plain crazy).Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The news, predictably, was unpleasant: the Olympic roster was about to leak, and Clark wasn’t on it.Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Bitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitter. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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