Synonyms for Bitter (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth):
bitterness
WordNet sense 2 (incapable of being put up with):
intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
WordNet sense 3 (pleasing to the sense of taste):
tasty
WordNet sense 4 (harsh or corrosive in tone):
acerbic, acid, acrid, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, venomous, virulent, vitriolic, acerb, sulphurous
WordNet sense 5 (disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ):
unpleasant
WordNet sense 6 (causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold):
biting
WordNet sense 7 (causing physical or psychological pain):
painful
WordNet sense 8 (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss):
sorrowful
WordNet sense 9 (extremely and sharply):
bitingly, bitterly, piercingly
WordNet sense 10 (marked by strong resentment or cynicism):
acrimonious
WordNet sense 11 (full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will):
resentful
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