Bitter

BIT'TER, adjective

1. Sharp, or biting to the taste; acrid; like wormwood.

2. Sharp; cruel; severe; as bitter enmity. [[Hebrews 1#1|Hebrews 1:1]].

3. Sharp, as words, reproachful; sarcastic.

4. Sharp to the feeling; piercing; painful; that makes to smart; as a bitter cold day, or a bitter blast.

5. Painful to the mind; calamitous; poignant; as a bitter fate.

6. Afflicted; distressed.

The Egyptians made their lives bitter [[Exodus 1#14|Exodus 1:14]].

7. Hurtful; very sinful.

Is an evil and bitter thing. [[Jeremiah 2#19|Jeremiah 2:19]].

8. Mournful; distressing; expressive of misory; as a bitter complaint or lamentation. [[Job 23#2|Job 23:2]]. [[Jeremiah 6#26|Jeremiah 6:26]].

BIT'TER, noun A substance that is bitter [See bitter ]

BIT'TER, noun [See Bitts.] In marine language, a turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

Bitter-end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board, when the ship rides at anchor.