bitter
I
(acrid tasting) adjective
absinthal, absinthian, acerbate, acerbic, acerbus, acid, acidulous, acidus, acrid, asper, biting, caustic, cutting, disagreeable, distasteful, pungent, sharp, sour, soured, sourish, tart, unappetizing, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsweet, vinegarish
II
(penetrating) adjective
acrimonious, afflictive, astringent, austere, bilious, biting, brutal, burning, choleric, constringent, corrosive, cutting, double-edged, dyspeptic, harsh, incisive, keen, mordant, nasty, piercing, poignant, pricking, scathing, scorching, severe, smarting, sore, stabbing, stern, stinging, trenchant, venomous, virulent, withering
III
(reproachful) adjective
acrimonious, antipathetic, biting, caustic, cross, despiteful, embittered, envenomed, hostile, hurtful, indignant, piqued, provoked, rancorous, resentful, sarcastic, sardonic, scornful, sorrowful, sour-tempered, spiteful, splenetic, unamiable, unhappy, venomous, vexed, vitriolic
IV
index
antipathetic (distasteful), astringent, dyseptic, harsh, hostile, malevolent, malignant, mordacious, resentful, virulent
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006