BITTER PILL

Meaning of BITTER PILL in English

a distressing experience or result that is hard to accept (often in the expression a bitter pill to swallow ): Being passed over for promotion was a bitter pill to swallow.

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BITTER PILL — noun : an extreme vexation or humiliation ; especially : one constituting a punishment, retribution, or unavoidable expedient having to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITTER PILL — sharp and unpleasant tasting tablet of medicine; harsh lesson that is learned
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BITTER PILL — Synonyms and related words : acerbity, acridity, acridness, affliction, astringence, astringency, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitterness, burden, burden …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BITTER PILL — {n.} Something hard to accept; disappointment. * /Jack was not invited to the party and it was a bitter pill …
Slang English vocab
BITTER PILL — {n.} Something hard to accept; disappointment. * /Jack was not invited to the party and it was a bitter pill …
Словарь английских идиом
BITTER PILL — (See a bitter pill)
English Idioms vocab
BITTER PILL — See a bitter pill
English Idioms vocabulary
BITTER PILL — n. Something hard to accept; disappointment. Jack was not invited to the party and it was a bitter pill for …
American Idioms English vocabulary
BITTER PILL — горькая пилюля
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BITTER PILL — горьая пилюля
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BITTER PILL — горькая пилюля
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BITTER PILL — горьая пилюля
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BITTER PILL — горькая пилюля
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BITTER PILL — горькая пилюля
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BITTER PILL — горькая пилюля
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PILL — I. ˈpil noun ( -s ) Etymology: earlier pille, from (assumed) Middle English, from Old English pyll, alteration of pull …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITTER — I. bit·ter ˈbid.ə(r), ˈbitə- adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English biter; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITTER — (v. t.) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter …
Английский словарь Webster
BITTER — ( v. t. ) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PILL — pill 1 /pil/ , n. 1. a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BITTER — — bitterish , adj. — bitterly , adv. — bitterness , n. /bit"euhr/ , adj., bitterer, bitterest , n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PILL — I. ˈpil verb Etymology: Middle English pilen, pillen, partly from Old English pilian to peel, partly from Anglo-French piler to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BITTER — I. ˈbi-tər adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English biter; akin to Old High German bittar bitter, Old English bītan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PILL — noun the peel or skin. 2. pill ·vt to deprive of hair; to make bald. 3. pill ·vi to be …
Webster English vocab
BITTER — vt to make bitter. 2. bitter ·noun aa turn of the cable which is round the bitts. 3. bitter ·vt …
Webster English vocab
PILL — [pill] vb [ME pilen, pillen, partly fr. OE pilian to peel, partly fr. MF piller to plunder] vi (12c) dial …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BITTER — [bit.ter] adj [ME, fr. OE biter; akin to OHG bittar bitter, OE bitan] (bef. 12c) 1 a: being or inducing …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BITTER — bitt|er BrE AmE ˈbɪt |ə AmE ˈbɪt̬ | ə r ▷ bitt|erer ə r ə AmE ə r ə r …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PILL — / pɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a small flat round piece of medicine …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITTER — / ˈbɪtə(r); NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective HELP NOTE : more bitter and most bitter are the usual …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PILL — I. pill 1 S3 /pɪl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: pilula , from pila …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BITTER — I. bit ‧ ter 1 S3 W3 /ˈbɪtə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: biter …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PILL — n. 1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BITTER — adj. & n. --adj. 1 having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PILL — n. 1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BITTER — adj. & n. adj. 1 having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PILL — n.1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by the) …
Oxford English vocab
BITTER — adj. & n. --adj. 1. having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain …
Oxford English vocab
PILL — ( pills) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Pills are small solid …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITTER — ( bitterest, bitters) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In a bitter …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITTER — (~est, ~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In a ~ argument …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PILL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES morning-after pill pep pill poison pill sleeping pill COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bitter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BITTER — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bitter argument ▪ There are bitter arguments about whether he was a hero or …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PILL — [noun] [C] - a small solid piece of medicine which a person swallows in one piece; a tableta sleeping pillMy …
Cambridge English vocab
BITTER — (COLD) [adjective] - (of weather) extremely cold, esp. in a way that can cause you to feel physical paina bitter …
Cambridge English vocab
PILL — PILL, or PEELE GARLICK. Said originally to mean one whose skin or hair had fallen off from some disease, chiefly …
Slang English vocab
BITTER — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: ACRID , amaroidal, austere, harsh, sharp Related Words: acerb, acid, bitterish Contrasted Words: delicious; bland, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BITTER — adjective 1. Synonyms: acrid , amaroidal, austere, harsh, sharp Related Word: acerb, acid, bitterish Contrasted words: delicious; bland, flat, insipid …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PILL — noun 1 medicine ADJECTIVE ▪ diet , sleeping , vitamin ▪ prescription ( esp. AmE ) … OF PILLS ▪ bottle …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BITTER — n. 25B6; adjective bitter coffee : SHARP, acid, acidic, acrid, tart, sour, biting, unsweetened, vinegary; N. Amer. acerb; technical acerbic. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PILL — n. 1 tablet, capsule, bolus, pellet, pilule; medicine, medication, medicament, drug, pharmaceutical, remedy, cure; cough drop, pastille, lozenge, troche Doctor, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BITTER — adj. 1 harsh, acerbic, acrid, sharp, caustic, mordant I added some cream to the sauce to try and make it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PILL — I 1. сущ. 1) а) пилюля, таблетка б) (the Pill) противозачаточные таблетки в) перен. нечто горькое, неприятное (что необходимо сделать, …
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BITTER — 1. прил. 1) горький bitter as gall/wormwood ≈ горький как полынь Syn : sour 2) горький, мучительный (неприятный, тяжелый для …
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PILL — pill.ogg _I 1. pıl n 1. 1> пилюля; таблетка to take a pill - а) принять пилюлю /таблетку/; б) разг. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BITTER — bitter.ogg _I 1. ʹbıtə n 1> горькое пиво 2> горькое лекарство 3> горечь to take the bitter with the sweet …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PILL — I pill сущ.1) а) пилюля, таблетка б) ( the Pill) противозачаточные таблетки в) перен. нечто горькое, неприятное (что необходимо сделать, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BITTER — bitter прил.1) горький bitter as gall/wormwood — горький как полынь Syn:sour 2) горький, мучительный (неприятный, тяжелый для сознания) bitter sense …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PILL — _I 1. pıl n 1. 1> пилюля; таблетка to take a pill - а) принять пилюлю /таблетку/; б) разг. принять …
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BITTER — _I 1. ʹbıtə n 1) горькое пиво 2> горькое лекарство 3> горечь to take the bitter with the sweet - …
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PILL — I pɪl 1. сущ. 1) а) пилюля, таблетка б) ( the Pill ) противозачаточные таблетки в) перен. нечто горькое, неприятное …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BITTER — 1. прил. 1) горький bitter as gall / wormwood — горький как полынь Syn: sour 2) горький, мучительный ( неприятный, …
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PILL — I [ЈЎ®] pill.wav 1. сущ. 1) а) пилюля, таблетка б) (the Pill) противозачаточные таблетки в) перен. нечто горькое, неприятное (что необходимо сделать, пережить и т. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BITTER — 1. прил. 1) горький bitter as gall / wormwood — горький как полынь Syn: sour 2) горький, мучительный (неприятный, тяжелый для сознания) bitter sense of shame …
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