BITTER

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bitter¹ I. adjectiv

1. amar (la gust);

bitter as gall amar ca fierea.

2. (fig.) amar;

bitter tears lacrimi amare;

bitter satire satiră biciuitoare.

3. aspru; chinuitor, dureros, crud; sever;

bitter cold frig aspru.

4. înverşunat;

bitter enemy duşman înverşunat.

to be bitter against smth. a fi pornit, înverşunat împotriva unui lucru.

◊ to the bitter end până la capăt, până la sfârşitul sfârşitului, până în pânzele albe.

bitter¹ II. adverb

amar(nic), aspru, cu cruzime.

bitter¹ III. substantiv

1. amar, amărăciune.

2. (pahar de) bere amară (mai ales pl.) biter, aperitiv amar.

bitter¹ IV. verb tranzitiv

a amărî, a face amar.

bitter² substantiv

(mar.) volta la baba.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“Except Mr. Sherlock Holmes,” said my companion, with a somewhat bitter smile.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You are now in the bitter waters, my child.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

In the mouth the water melts away and the seed chews sharp and bitter.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

The sun had not shone all day, and it had been bitter cold.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Then they waited till he was fast asleep, and poured the Water of Life out of the cup, and took it for themselves, giving him bitter sea-water instead.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

By all accounts he was a hard and a bitter man.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As it turns out, the same compounds that make them bitter also make them toxic at some levels.

(Is a milder mustard on the way?, National Science Foundation)

But my heart sank within me as with bitter sickness, and I refrained.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

She could only sob out, "I try to be willing," while she held fast to Jo, as the first bitter wave of this great sorrow broke over them together.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I had a belief she loved me even when she left me: that was an atom of sweet in much bitter.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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