Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bitter
Participle: bittered
Gerund: bittering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bitter |
| you | bitter |
| he;she;it | bitters |
| we | bitter |
| you | bitter |
| they | bitter |
Perfect
| I | have bittered |
| you | have bittered |
| he;she;it | has bittered |
| we | have bittered |
| you | have bittered |
| they | have bittered |
Past
| I | bittered |
| you | bittered |
| he;she;it | bittered |
| we | bittered |
| you | bittered |
| they | bittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had bittered |
| you | had bittered |
| he;she;it | had bittered |
| we | had bittered |
| you | had bittered |
| they | had bittered |
Future
| I | will bitter |
| you | will bitter |
| he;she;it | will bitter |
| we | will bitter |
| you | will bitter |
| they | will bitter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bittered |
| you | will have bittered |
| he;she;it | will have bittered |
| we | will have bittered |
| you | will have bittered |
| they | will have bittered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bitter |
| you | bitter |
| he;she;it | bitter |
| we | bitter |
| you | bitter |
| they | bitter |
Perfect
| I | have bittered |
| you | have bittered |
| he;she;it | have bittered |
| we | have bittered |
| you | have bittered |
| they | have bittered |
Imperfect
| I | bittered |
| you | bittered |
| he;she;it | bittered |
| we | bittered |
| you | bittered |
| they | bittered |
Pluperfect
| I | had bittered |
| you | had bittered |
| he;she;it | had bittered |
| we | had bittered |
| you | had bittered |
| they | had bittered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bitter |
| you | would bitter |
| he;she;it | would bitter |
| we | would bitter |
| you | would bitter |
| they | would bitter |
Perfect
| I | would have bittered |
| you | would have bittered |
| he;she;it | would have bittered |
| we | would have bittered |
| you | would have bittered |
| they | would have bittered |
Imperative
| you | bitter |
| we | Let's bitter |
| you | bitter |
Verbs conjugated like 'bitter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bitter'
batter,
better,
butter,
jitter,
litter,
pitter,
titter,
witter,
atter,
balter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. biter, akin to bitan "bite," from P.Gmc. *bitras, from PIE base *bheid- "to split" (see fissure). Meaning moved in prehistoric times from "biting" to "acrid-tasting." Transferred to state of mind and to words in O.E. Bittersweet is 14c. in literal and figurative senses; bitters, so called for its taste, is from 1713. Phrase to the bitter end is attested from 1849.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-der.
4. Proto-Indo-European *bʰidrós
5. Proto-Germanic *bitraz
6. Proto-West Germanic *bitr
7. Old English biter
8. Middle English bittre
9. English bitter
10. From Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitr, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”), equivalent to bite + -er (agent noun suffix) used attributively. Cognate with Saterland Frisian, West Frisian, Low German, Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish bitter, Icelandic bitur (all meaning “bitter”).
Sample Sentences
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bittered with the hop [1766, John Wilkinson, Tutamen Nauticum:]