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bittery

bittery adjective: (Somewhat) bitter.

Adjective

bittery (comparative more bittery, superlative most bittery)

  1. (informal, rare) (Somewhat) bitter.
    • When you are ready to eat garnish with chopped parsley, and if you like bittery taste of lemon you can add more on your plate.1994 January 18, Yesim Erke, “RECIPE:Leeks with olive oil”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026
    • The tastes go good as well, the sweet bittery taste of the chip and cheese with the basic fruity boquet of the salsa...yumm!2002 December 31, Robert Mack, “ot [off-topic]:Frito Pie?”, in rec.roller-coaster (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026
    Synonyms:
    bitterish

Synonyms of bittery

Forms of bittery

comparativemore bittery
superlativemost bittery

Origin of bittery

From bitter + -y.

Questions about bittery

What does bittery mean?
Bittery means (Somewhat) bitter.
What part of speech is bittery?
Bittery is an adjective.

Words near bittery in the dictionary

  1. bitterweeds
  2. bitterwood
  3. bitterwoods
  4. bitterwort
  5. bitterworts
  6. bittery
  7. bittes
  8. bittest
  9. bitthead
  10. bittheads
  11. Bittick

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