Meaning

• (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

• A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

• A turn of a cable about the bitts.

Meaning

• To make bitter.

Meaning

• Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).

  "The coffee tasted bitter."

• Harsh, piercing or stinging.

• Hateful or hostile.

  "They're bitter enemies."

• Cynical and resentful.

  "I've been bitter ever since that defeat."