- bitter
- adj.1 angry/unhappyVERBS▪ be, feel, seem, sound▪ become, grow, turn▪
He had grown bitter as the years passed.
▪Loving relationships can turn bitter.
▪ remain▪ leave sb, make sb▪The divorce had left her bitter.
ADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪ slightly▪ increasinglyPREPOSITION▪ about▪She still seems bitter about it.
▪ towards/toward▪I felt very bitter towards/toward them.
2 very coldVERBS▪ be▪ become, turn▪The weather turned bitter.
▪ remainADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.3 having a sharp tasteVERBS▪ be, taste▪The drink tasted bitter.
ADVERB▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.▪ a little, slightly, etc.Bitter is used with these nouns: ↑accusation, ↑almond, ↑anger, ↑anguish, ↑argument, ↑attack, ↑battle, ↑blow, ↑campaign, ↑chill, ↑chocolate, ↑clash, ↑coffee, ↑cold, ↑conflict, ↑confrontation, ↑contest, ↑controversy, ↑critic, ↑criticism, ↑cynicism, ↑debate, ↑defeat, ↑denunciation, ↑disagreement, ↑disappointment, ↑dispute, ↑division, ↑divorce, ↑enemy, ↑enmity, ↑exchange, ↑feud, ↑fight, ↑fighting, ↑flavour, ↑foe, ↑fruit, ↑hatred, ↑herb, ↑hostility, ↑irony, ↑laugh, ↑legacy, ↑lesson, ↑memory, ↑opponent, ↑opposition, ↑parting, ↑quarrel, ↑reality, ↑regret, ↑reproach, ↑resentment, ↑rival, ↑rivalry, ↑row, ↑sarcasm, ↑squabble, ↑strike, ↑struggle, ↑taste, ↑tear, ↑tone, ↑truth, ↑undertone, ↑weather, ↑wind, ↑winter, ↑word, ↑wrangle
Collocations dictionary. 2013.