bitter
Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
Example
“The coffee tasted bitter.”
Other meanings
Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
Hateful or hostile.
“They're bitter enemies.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "bitter".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bitter” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.