3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bitterly
adverb
1: in a resentful manner; "she complained bitterly" [syn: {with
bitterness}]
2: indicating something hard to accept; "he was bitterly
disappointed"
3: extremely and sharply; "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold"
[syn: {piercingly}, {bitingly}, {bitter}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bitterly \Bit"ter*ly\, adverb
In a bitter manner.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "bitterly":
abominably, acerbically, acerbly, acidly, acridly, acrimoniously,
agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully, bitingly, blatantly,
brashly, caustically, confoundedly, corrodingly, corrosively,
cruelly, cuttingly, damnably, deadly, deathly, deucedly,
distressingly, dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously, excessively,
excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extravagantly, flagrantly,
frightfully, grievously, hardly, hellishly, horribly, improperly,
incisively, inexcusably, infernally, inordinately, intolerably,
keenly, lamentably, miserably, mordaciously, mordantly, nakedly,
openly, painfully, penetratingly, piercingly, piteously,
rancorously, sadly, scathingly, scorchingly, sharply, shatteringly,
shockingly, something awful, something fierce, sorely, stabbingly,
staggeringly, tartly, terribly, torturously, trenchantly,
unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, unduly, unpardonably,
witheringly, woefully
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