BITTER


Meaning of BITTER in English

adj.

1 angry/unhappy

VERBS

▪ be , feel , seem , sound

▪ become , grow , turn

He had grown ~ as the years passed.

Loving relationships can turn ~.

▪ remain

▪ leave sb , make sb

The divorce had left her ~.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ slightly

▪ increasingly

PREPOSITION

▪ about

She still seems ~ about it.

▪ towards/toward

I felt very ~ towards/toward them.

2 very cold

VERBS

▪ be

▪ become , turn

The weather turned ~.

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

3 having a sharp taste

VERBS

▪ be , taste

The drink tasted ~.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

Bitter is used with these nouns: ↑ accusation , ↑ almond , ↑ anger , ↑ anguish , ↑ argument , ↑ attack , ↑ battle , ↑ blow , ↑ campaign , ↑ chill , ↑ chocolate , ↑ clash , ↑ coffee , ↑ cold , ↑ conflict , ↑ confrontation , ↑ contest , ↑ controversy , ↑ critic , ↑ criticism , ↑ cynicism , ↑ debate , ↑ defeat , ↑ denunciation , ↑ disagreement , ↑ disappointment , ↑ dispute , ↑ division , ↑ divorce , ↑ enemy , ↑ enmity , ↑ exchange , ↑ feud , ↑ fight , ↑ fighting , ↑ flavour , ↑ foe , ↑ fruit , ↑ hatred , ↑ herb , ↑ hostility , ↑ irony , ↑ laugh , ↑ legacy , ↑ lesson , ↑ memory , ↑ opponent , ↑ opposition , ↑ parting , ↑ quarrel , ↑ reality , ↑ regret , ↑ reproach , ↑ resentment , ↑ rival , ↑ rivalry , ↑ row , ↑ sarcasm , ↑ squabble , ↑ strike , ↑ struggle , ↑ taste , ↑ tear , ↑ tone , ↑ truth , ↑ undertone , ↑ weather , ↑ wind , ↑ winter , ↑ word , ↑ wrangle

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .