[
US
/ˈbɪtɝɫi/
]
[ UK /bˈɪtəli/ ]
[ UK /bˈɪtəli/ ]
ADVERB
-
indicating something hard to accept
he was bitterly disappointed -
extremely and sharply
bitter cold
it was bitterly cold
bitter cold -
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
she complained bitterly
How To Use bitterly In A Sentence
- Similar struggles exist in east Malaysia, where the land rights of indigenous groups are bitterly disputed with loggers eager to harvest the timber for export.
- It was bitterly cold now and the ground was frozen hard.
- Although bitterly funny at times, the picture also creates a somber mood that is very affecting.
- The troops suffered atrocious conditions in bitterly cold winters, with temperatures down to minus 30C. Times, Sunday Times
- Dundee United gorged themselves on a rich performance at Ibrox, but it was an afternoon which became bitterly unpalatable to Rangers.
- He is obviously bitterly disappointed. Times, Sunday Times
- He is imprisoned for a year for having acted as Castlewood's second in the duel, for which Lady Castlewood bitterly reproaches him, and on his release joins the army and fights in the war of the Spanish Succession.
- I m good enough to share Richard's bed, she thought bitterly, hut he doesn't want to be seen in public with me. YELLOW BIRD
- I m good enough to share Richard's bed, she thought bitterly, hut he doesn't want to be seen in public with me. YELLOW BIRD
- She bitterly resented the fact that her husband had been so successful.