Frisian <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>, West Frisian <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>, Low German <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>, Dutch <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>, German <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>, Swedish <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>, Icelandic bitur (all meaning “<span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>”). <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> (comparative...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> <span class="searchmatch">Bitter</span> A surname from Dutch or German. <span class="searchmatch">Bitter</span> electromagnet <span class="searchmatch">Bitter</span> plate German Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">Bitter</span> (Spirituose) Wikipedia...
The figurative usage is influenced by <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> (“unpleasant, arduous”). <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> end (plural <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> ends) (nautical) That part of an anchor cable which is...
<span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> pill (plural <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> pills) (figurative) Ellipsis of <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> pill to swallow. 2004 November 7, Simon Turnbull, “Young Scots give Williams a silver...
<span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> gourd (plural <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> gourds) Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> melon....
an article on: <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> melon Wikipedia bittermelon Calque from Chinese 苦瓜 (kǔguā). IPA(key): /ˈbɪtəɹ ˈmɛlən/ <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> melon (plural <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> melons) A vine...
article on: <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> Wikipedia From Middle English bitternesse, biternesse, from Old English biternes (“<span class="searchmatch">bitterness</span>; grief”), equivalent to <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> + -ness...
<span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> vetch (usually uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> vetches) A plant with <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>, lentil-like seeds that are edible with special processing, but are now...
<span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> apple (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> apples) Citrullus colocynthis, a vine that bears a hard, <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> fruit. A <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span> preparation applied...
also: bittersweet <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>-sweet (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>-sweet, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>-sweet) Alternative form of bittersweet. <span class="searchmatch">bitter</span>-sweet nightshade...