bitter

BIT'TER, adjective 1. Sharp, or biting to the taste; acrid; like wormwood. 2. Sharp; cruel; severe; as bitter enmity. Hebrews 1:1. 3. Sharp, as words, reproachful; sarcastic. 4. Sharp to the feeling; piercing; painful; that makes to smart; as a bitter cold day, or a bitter blast. 5. Painful to the mind; calamitous; poignant; as a bitter fate. 6. Afflicted; distressed. The Egyptians made their lives bitter Exodus 1:14. 7. Hurtful; very sinful. Is is an evil and bitter thing. Jeremiah 2:19. 8. Mournful; distressing; expressive of misory; as a bitter complaint or lamentation. Job 23:2. Jeremiah 6:26. BIT'TER, noun A substance that is bitter [See bitter ] BIT'TER, noun [See Bitts.] In marine language, a turn of the cable which is round the bitts. Bitter-end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board, when the ship rides at anchor.