bitter
English
/ˈbɪtə/, /ˈbɪtəɹ/
adj
Definitions
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
- Harsh, piercing or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
- Cynical and resentful.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bitter inherited from Old English bitter inherited from *bit(t)r inherited from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (bitter) affix from English bite root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeyd-
Gloss
split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Frankenbite English
- abite English
- afterbite English
- backbite English
- beetle English
- bit English
- bitable English
- bite English
- biteable English
- bitee English
- biteforce English
- biteless English
- bitemark English
- biter English
- bitesheep English
- bitesome English
- bitest English
- biteth English
- bitewing English
- bitey English
- bitterbrush English
- bittercress English
- bitterful English
- bittering English
- bitterish English
- bitterling English
- bitterly English
- bittermelon English
- bitterness English
- bitternut English
- bitterroot English
- bittersome English
- bittersweet English
- bittersweetly English
- bittersweetness English
- bitterweed English
- bitterwood English
- bitterwort English
- brush English
- cress English
- crossbite English
- debitter English
- disembitter English
- embitter English
- embitterer English
- embitterest English
- embittereth English
- embitterment English
- fissile English
- fleabite English
- forbite English
- forebite English
- frostbite English
- imbitter English
- imbitterer English
- imbitterment English
- melon English
- midbite English
- minibite English
- nut English
- overbite English
- overbitter English
- overbitterly English
- rebite English
- root English
- scissor bite English
- shoebite English
- snakebite English
- sweet English
- taxbite English
- unbite English
- unbitter English
- unbitterly English
- underbite English
- weed English
- wood English
- wort English
- fibra Latin
- findere, findō Latin
- fissio Latin
- fissiōnem Latin
- fissura Latin
- fistula Latin
- Bitterkeit German
- Bitterling German
- Bitterorange German
- Bittersalz German
- Bitterspat German
- Bittersüß German
- bisschen German
- bitter German
- bitterarm German
- bitterböse German
- bitterkalt German
- bittersüß German
- entbittern German
- erbittern German
- fessacchiotto Italian
- beetje Dutch, Flemish
- bijten Dutch, Flemish
- bit Dutch, Flemish
- bitter Dutch, Flemish
- bitterbal Dutch, Flemish
- bitteren Dutch, Flemish
- bitterkoek Dutch, Flemish
- bitterwortel Dutch, Flemish
- bitterzoet Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰinédti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéydt Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeygʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *baitaz Proto-Germanic
- *baitidaz Proto-Germanic
- *baitijaną Proto-Germanic
- *baitislą Proto-Germanic
- *baitō Proto-Germanic
- *bitiz Proto-Germanic
- *bitraz Proto-Germanic
- *bitô Proto-Germanic
- *bitą Proto-Germanic
- *bītaną Proto-Germanic
- bitter Swedish
- bitterhet Swedish
- bit Norwegian Nynorsk
- biter Old English
- bitter Old English
- भेद Sanskrit
- biten Middle English
- bitter Middle English
- bitterful Middle English
- bitterli Middle English
- bitternesse Middle English
- bitterswete Middle English
- bittre Middle English
- beizla Old Norse
- bita Old Norse
- biti Old Norse
- bitill Old Norse
- bitlaðr Old Norse
- bitr Old Norse
- bitull Old Norse
- biter Serbo-Croatian
- bitur Icelandic
- bitter Middle Dutch
- bittar Old High German
- bīzan Old High German
- bitra Ido
- bitreso Ido
- bitrigar Ido
- bitter Middle High German
- Batteralzem Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- batter Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *bit(t)r gmw-pro
- bitter Old Dutch
- bitter Middle Low German
- bittar Old Saxon
- *findō Proto-Italic
- *beid-ska Proto-Albanian
- bita Sranan Tongo
- bit
- nut
- wort
- weed
- wood
- bite
- root
- abite
- melon
- bitey
- sweet
- brush
- cress
- bitee
- biter
- rebite
- unbite
- bitest
- beetle
- biteth
- forbite
- fissile
- taxbite
- bitable
- midbite
- imbitter
- biteless
- biteable
- backbite
- forebite
- bitesome
- embitter
- bitewing
- debitter
- minibite
- bitterly
- shoebite
- overbite
- fleabite
- bitemark
- unbitter
- snakebite
- bitterish
- bitesheep
- crossbite
- afterbite
- bittering
- underbite
- bitterful
- frostbite
- biteforce
- bitternut
- bitterwort
- bitterness
- embitterer
- bittersome
- bitterwood
- imbitterer
- unbitterly
- overbitter
- bitterroot
- bitterweed
- bitterling
- bittermelon
- embitterest
- Frankenbite
- embittereth
- bittersweet
- disembitter
- bittercress
- bitterbrush
- scissor bite
- overbitterly
- imbitterment
- embitterment
- bittersweetly
- bittersweetness