bitter | |
1. adj. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance). | |
The coffee tasted bitter. | |
2. adj. Harsh, piercing or stinging. | |
3. adj. Hateful or hostile. | |
They're bitter enemies. | |
4. adj. Cynical and resentful. | |
I've been bitter ever since that defeat. | |
5. n. (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic. | |
6. n. A type of beer heavily flavored with hops. | |
7. n. (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts. | |
8. v. To make bitter. | |
9. n. (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits). | |