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Definition bitter

Etymology 1

From Middle English bitter, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”), equivalent to bite +‎ -er (adjectival suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian bitter (“bitter”), West Frisian bitter (“bitter”), Dutch bitter (“bitter”), Low German bitter (“bitter”), German bitter (“bitter”), Swedish bitter (“bitter”), Icelandic bitur (“bitter”).

Adjective

bitter (comparative bitterer or more bitter, superlative bitterest or most bitter)

1. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
2. Harsh, piercing or stinging.
3. Hateful or hostile.
4. Cynical and resentful.

Noun

bitter (countable and uncountable, plural bitters)

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.
3. (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.

Verb

bitter (third-person singular simple present bitters, present participle bittering, simple past and past participle bittered)

1. To make bitter.

Etymology 2

bit +‎ -er

Noun

bitter (plural bitters)

1. (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).

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