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bitter

/ˈbɪtə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbɪtə/
bitter
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2 syllables
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Final r is pronounced in US English

bit - ter -> bitter

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ခါးသော။

Full entry

bitter /'bÇtǝ(r)/ adj

၁။ ခါးသော။ Black coffee leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. ❍ bitter chocolate. Compare SOUR
၂။ ခါးသီးသော။ နာကြည်းသော။ learn from bitter experience ❍ Failing the exam was a bitter disappointment to him. ❍ shed bitter tears.
၃။ အမျက်ခြောင်းခြောင်းထွက်သော။ ခါးခါးသီးသီးမုန်းသော၊ နာသော။ bitter quarrels/enemies/words ❍ She feels/is very bitter about her divorce.
၄။ (ရာသီဥတု) အရိုးခိုက်အောင်အေးသော။ a bitter wind.
n [U, C] (Brit ) ဘီယာခါး။ A pint of bitter, please.
❏ bitterly adv ခါးခါးသီးသီး။ အသည်းအသန်။ ပြင်းပြင်း ထန်ထန်။ bitterly disappointed/disappointing ❍ He bitterly regrets all the harm he has done. ❍ She wept bitterly. ❍ complain bitterly ❍ He is bitterly (ie very strongly) opposed to nuclear weapons. ❍ It's bitterly cold outside today. bitterness n [U]: The pay cut caused bitterness and resentment among the staff.
❏ a bitter pill (for sb) (to swallow) [IDM ] ကျေနပ်လက်ခံ ရန် ခက်ခဲလွန်းလှသည့် ပကတိအခြေအနေမှန်၊ အဖြစ်မှန်။ Defeat in the election was a bitter pill for him to swallow.
❏ bitters n [U, sing or pl v ] (အဖျော်ယမကာအချို့၌ အနံ့အရသာကောင်းမွန်အောင် ထည့်သော၊ အပင်မှ ထုတ်ယူ ရရှိသည့်) အရက်ခါး။ gin with a dash of bitters.
❏ bitter-sweet adj
၁။ ချိုသက်သက်။
၂။ ကြည်နူးဖွယ်၊ ဝမ်းနည်းဖွယ် ရောပြွမ်းလျက်ရှိသော။ bitter-sweet memories.
❏ to/until the bitter end [IDM ] အကြိတ်အနယ် နောက်ပိတ် ဆုံး ပွဲသိမ်းသည်အထိ။ fight/struggle to the bitter end ❍ stay watching the match until the bitter end.

More examples
  • [bitter about] : I’m still bitter about the whole affair.
  • A bitter dispute/divorce case
  • One of the President’s most bitter critics
  • They had always been bitter rivals.
  • [a bitter blow/disappointment] : It was a bitter blow when he lost his job.
  • A bitter wind was blowing from the north.
Synonyms
sour, acid, acidic, tart, astringent, vinegary, pungent, harsh, acrid, absinthal, absinthian, acerb, acerbic, acidulate, acidulated, acrimonious, afflictive, aftertaste, alienated, amaroidal, angry, annoying, antagonistic, arctic, bad, begrudging, biting, brutal, calamitous, caustic, cheated, cold, crabby, cruel, cutting, cynical, dire, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, distressing, disturbing, divided, embitter, embittered, estranged, fierce, freezing, galling, glacial, grievous, hard, hard done by, hateful, heartbreaking, hostile, hurtful, icy, inclement, indignant, intemperate, intense, irreconcilable, make bitter, make resentful, merciless, morose, nasty, offensive, painful, palatableness, piercing, poignant, polar, provoking, rancorous, raw, resentful, rigorous, rugged, ruthless, sapidity, sardonic, savage, savoriness, severe, sharp, sore, stinging, sulky, sullen, taste, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsweetened, vehement, vexatious, vicious, virulent, vitriolic, with chip on shoulder, woeful
Antonyms
agreeable, benevolent, bland, blunt, calm, content, dull, easy, friendly, genial, gentle, glad, good, helping, honest, hot, kind, mild, moderate, nice, pleasant, pleasing, soothing, sweet, wonderful
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