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| Main Entry: | bitter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pungent, sharp |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, acrid, astringent, harsh, sour, tart, absinthal, absinthian, acerb, amaroidal, unsweetened, vinegary |
| Antonyms: | bland, mild, pleasant, sweet |
| Main Entry: | bitter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, nasty |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, alienated, antagonistic, biting, caustic, crabby, divided, embittered, fierce, freezing, hateful, intense, irreconcilable, morose, sardonic, severe, sore, sour, stinging, sullen, virulent, vitriolic, begrudging, estranged, rancorous, resentful, with chip on shoulder |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, content, genial, kind, nice, pleasant, sweet |
| Main Entry: | bitter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | painful, distressing |
| Synonyms: | annoying, bad, brutal, calamitous, cruel, dire, disagreeable, distasteful, disturbing, galling, grievous, hard, harsh, heartbreaking, hurtful, inclement, intemperate, intense, merciless, offensive, poignant, provoking, rigorous, rugged, ruthless, savage, severe, sharp, stinging, unpalatable, unpleasant, vexatious, woeful, afflictive, displeasing |
| Antonyms: | good, helping, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | acrimonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty in behavior, speech |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, angry, astringent, belligerent, biting, bitter, caustic, censorious, churlish, crabby, cranky, cross, cutting, indignant, irascible, irate, mad, mordant, peevish, petulant, sarcastic, sharp, spiteful, tart, testy, trenchant, wrathful, ireful, rancorous, splenetic |
| Antonyms: | kind, kindly, peaceable |
| Main Entry: | alkaline |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being basic, not acid (chemically) |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alkali, bitter, caustic, salty, soluble, alkalescent, antacid, neutralizing |
| Main Entry: | angry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being mad, often extremely mad |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bitter, choleric, cross, displeased, enraged, ferocious, fierce, fiery, furious, hateful, heated, hot, huffy, ill-tempered, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, irritable, irritated, offended, provoked, raging, sore, sulky, sullen, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uptight, wrathful, affronted, antagonized, chafed, convulsed, exacerbated, exasperated, fuming, galled, ireful, maddened, nettled, outraged, piqued, resentful, riled, splenetic, storming, vexed |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, content, happy, joyful, joyous |
| Main Entry: | astringent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh |
| Synonyms: | acetic, acrid, biting, bitter, cutting, sharp, tonic |
| Antonyms: | bland, mild |
| Main Entry: | cruel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vicious, pitiless; causing pain |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, barbarous, bestial, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, callous, cold-blooded, degenerate, depraved, evil, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, harsh, hateful, heartless, hellish, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, malevolent, merciless, monstrous, painful, pernicious, poignant, relentless, revengeful, ruthless, sadistic, sinful, spiteful, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, vicious, virulent, wicked, brutish, demoniac, hard-hearted, inhumane, rancorous |
| Antonyms: | charitable, compassionate, considerate, feeling, gentle, kind, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, uncruel |
| Main Entry: | cutting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, hateful |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, acrimonious, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, clear-cut, crisp, hurtful, incisive, malicious, penetrating, piercing, pointed, raw, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, ingoing, probing, wounding |
| Antonyms: | kind, nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | distasteful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | repulsive, unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, flat, flavorless, galling, grievous, gross*, hateful, icky*, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, tasteless, unappetizing, undesirable, uninviting, unpalatable, unsavory, yucky*, afflictive, dislikable, displeasing, grody, savorless, unlikable, yicky |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, delectable, delicious, palatable, pleasant, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embitter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, alienate |
| Synonyms: | acerbate, aggravate, anger, annoy, bitter, bother, disaffect, disillusion, exacerbate, exasperate, irritate, poison, sour, venom, worsen, acidulate, envenom, make bitter, make resentful |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, pacify, make happy |
| Main Entry: | embittered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resentful |
| Synonyms: | bitter, disaffected, irritated, sore, spiteful, full of hate, rancorous |
| Main Entry: | freezing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very cold |
| Synonyms: | arctic, biting, bitter, chill, chilly, cutting, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, penetrating, polar, raw, snappy*, wintry, Siberian, chilled, frost-bound, hawkish, numbing, one-dog night, shivery, two-dog night |
| Antonyms: | boiling, heated, hot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | galling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upsetting |
| Synonyms: | acid, annoying, bitter, bothersome, distasteful, grievous, humiliating, irksome, irritating, nettlesome, painful, provoking, rankling, unpalatable, vexatious, afflictive, aggravating, exasperating, harassing, plaguing, vexing |
| Antonyms: | cheering, comforting, pleasing, satisfying, soothing, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | hateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, obnoxious |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, awful, bitter, catty*, confounded, cursed, damnable, damned, despicable, detestable, disgusting, evil, execrable, forbidding, foul, gross, heinous, infamous, invidious, loathsome, malevolent, malign, mean, odious, offensive, ornery*, pesky, pestiferous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, spiteful, undesirable, vicious, vile, blasted, cussed, despiteful, horrid, resentful, shuddersome, uncool |
| Antonyms: | friendly, kind, likable, lovable, nice, pleasant, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heartbreaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointing |
| Synonyms: | affecting, agonizing, bitter, calamitous, cheerless, deplorable, dire, distressing, grievous, joyless, lamentable, moving, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, sad, touching, tragic, unfortunate, afflictive, heart-rending |
| Antonyms: | exhilarating, heartwarming, joyous, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | hostile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, mean |
| Synonyms: | adverse, alien, allergic, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, catty*, chill*, cold*, competitive, contentious, contrary, dour, hateful, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, malignant, militant, nasty, opposed, opposite, ornery*, pugnacious, sour*, spiteful, surly, unfavorable, unfriendly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unsympathetic, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike, anti*, disapproving, ill-disposed, oppugnant, rancorous, scrappy, unwelcoming |
| Notes: | a hostel is inexpensive supervised lodging, while hostile means characterized by enmity or ill will or very unfriendly or antagonistic |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, friendly, gentle, kind, nice, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ice-cold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very cold |
| Synonyms: | arctic, biting, bitter, chill, cutting, freezing, frozen, gelid, glacial, icy, piercing, polar, raw, wintry, Siberian, algid, bitterly cold, brumal, sub-zero |
| Antonyms: | hot, warm, burning hot |
| Main Entry: | intense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forceful, severe; passionate |
| Synonyms: | acute, agonizing, ardent, biting, bitter, burning, close, concentrated, consuming, cutting, deep, diligent, eager, earnest, energetic, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, exquisite, extraordinary, extreme, fanatical, fervent, fervid, fierce, forcible, full, great, hard, harsh, impassioned, intensive, keen, marked, piercing, powerful, profound, pungent, sharp, shrill, stinging, strained, strong, supreme, undue, vehement, violent, vivid, zealous, all-consuming, heightened, intensified, protracted |
| Antonyms: | calm, dull, low-key, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | ironic/ironical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, keen, mocking, mordant, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satirical, scathing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, witty, wry, chaffing, double-edged, jibing, paradoxical, satiric, scoffing, uncomplimentary |
| Antonyms: | considerate, deferential |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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