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- (noun): (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
- (noun): A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- (noun): A turn of a cable about the bitts.
- (verb): To make bitter.
- (adjective): Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
- (adjective): Harsh, piercing or stinging.
- (adjective): Hateful or hostile.
- (adjective): Cynical and resentful.
- The coffee tasted bitter.
- They're bitter enemies.
- I've been bitter ever since that defeat.