bitter

['bɪtə(r)] 1.

aggettivo

1) (sour) amaro

2) (resentful) [tone, comment] acre, aspro, risentito; [person] amareggiato, risentito; [memory] amaro, doloroso

she felt bitter about the way they had treated her — era risentita per il modo in cui l'avevano trattata

3) (fierce) [attack, feud] feroce; [hatred, battle] accanito; [critic, argument] aspro

they are bitter enemies — sono acerrimi nemici

4) (very cold) [weather] rigido; [wind] pungente

5) (hard to accept) [disappointment, truth] amaro, crudele; [blow] duro

2.

nome BE (beer) birra f. rossa

3.

nome plurale bitters amaro m.sing.

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it's a bitter pill to swallow — è un boccone amaro da mandar giù

to the bitter end — [fight, carry on] fino in fondo

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['bitə]

adjective

1) (having a sharp, acid taste like lemons etc, and sometimes unpleasant: a bitter orange.) amaro; aspro

2) (full of pain or sorrow: She learned from bitter experience; bitter disappointment.) amaro

3) (hostile: full of hatred or opposition: bitter enemies.) acerrimo

4) (very cold: a bitter wind.) intenso, pungente

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- bitterness

- bitterly
- bitumen
- bituminous

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['bɪtə(r)] 1.

aggettivo

1) (sour) amaro

2) (resentful) [tone, comment] acre, aspro, risentito; [person] amareggiato, risentito; [memory] amaro, doloroso

she felt bitter about the way they had treated her — era risentita per il modo in cui l'avevano trattata

3) (fierce) [attack, feud] feroce; [hatred, battle] accanito; [critic, argument] aspro

they are bitter enemies — sono acerrimi nemici

4) (very cold) [weather] rigido; [wind] pungente

5) (hard to accept) [disappointment, truth] amaro, crudele; [blow] duro

2.

nome BE (beer) birra f. rossa

3.

nome plurale bitters amaro m.sing.

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it's a bitter pill to swallow — è un boccone amaro da mandar giù

to the bitter end — [fight, carry on] fino in fondo