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What is the adjective for bitter?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb bitter which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

bitter
  1. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
  2. Harsh, piercing or stinging.
  3. Hateful or hostile.
  4. Cynical and resentful.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. sour, acid, acrid, biting, harsh, sharp, tart, acidic, unsweetened, acerb, pungent, vinegary, acerbic, astringent, unpleasant, acetous, acidulated, absinthal, absinthian, amaroidal, piquant, acidulous, tangy, acetic, strong, zesty, zingy, spicy, tartish, sourish, aromatic, sharp-tasting, hot, vinegarish, peppery, fiery, stinging, distasteful, nippy, salty, burning, overpowering, stinking, odorous, spiced, seasoned, rich, acidy, briny, acetose … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Gone are the bitter taste and pungent odor of many of the herbs.”
      “She is said to be very bitter about the way she was sacked.”
      “The destruction of the buffalo herds was a bitter blow for the Plains Indians.”
bittersome
  1. Marked by bitterness (literal and figuratively)
bittering
  1. Causing a bitter taste or smell.
bitterful
  1. Full of bitterness.
bitterish
  1. Reasonably bitter.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Thanks to a tart shallot vinaigrette, bitterish field greens and red onion, the overall effect is savory rather than sweet.”
      “Dry, full-bodied and slightly bitterish flavour that softens on ageing to bring out its fullness and balance.”
      “This is an elegant, penetrating wine, refreshing and dry with a characteristically bitterish aftertaste.”
bitterest
  1. superlative form of bitter: most bitter most bitter.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sourest, acridest, harshest, sharpest, tartest, acerbest, unpleasantest, most acid, most biting, most acidic, most unsweetened, most pungent, most vinegary, most acerbic, most astringent, most acetous, most absinthian, sorest, sullenest, angriest, morosest, hardest, spitefullest, crabbiest, hatefullest, sulkiest, most resentful, most rancorous, most aggrieved, most acrimonious, most hurt, most choked, most discontented, most disgruntled, most dissatisfied, most grudging, most indignant, most churlish, most crabbed, most jaundiced, most miffed, most splenetic, most peevish, most petulant, most piqued, most cynical, most irreconcilable, most vehement, most ill-disposed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “There are many thousand fireless hearth places in Dublin on the bitterest days of winter. 20,000 families live in one-room tenements.”
      “But after thirty years and one of the bitterest wars of colonial expansion in Southeast Asia, the Dutch were eventually victorious.”
      “The years spent in Missouri were one of the bitterest chapters in Mormon history.”
bitterer
  1. comparative form of bitter: more bitter
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sourer, acrider, harsher, sharper, tarter, acerber, unpleasanter, more acid, more biting, more acidic, more unsweetened, more pungent, more vinegary, more acerbic, more astringent, more acetous, more absinthian, sorer, sullener, angrier, moroser, harder, spitefuller, crabbier, hatefuller, sulkier, more resentful, more rancorous, more aggrieved, more acrimonious, more hurt, more choked, more discontented, more disgruntled, more dissatisfied, more grudging, more indignant, more churlish, more crabbed, more jaundiced, more miffed, more splenetic, more peevish, more petulant, more piqued, more cynical, more irreconcilable, more vehement, more ill-disposed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It would be oversweet at first, and bitterer than wormwood afterwards, as our former civility was.”
      “Bitter as spurge was that old story of hers now, and bitterer still the only moral lesson it now appeared to her to have.”
      “This one is certainly darker, bitterer, but only because it contains many types of tannin which have in fact quickly precipitated caffeine.”
bittered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of bitter
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