Bitter vs. Sweet

Having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid, and unpleasant.

Having the taste of sugar or a substance containing or resembling sugar, as honey or saccharin.

Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh

Containing or derived from sugar.

Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear

Retaining some natural sugar; not dry

Proceeding from or exhibiting strong animosity

Pleasing to the senses; agreeable

Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment

Pleasing to the mind or feelings; gratifying

Marked by resentment or cynicism

Having a pleasing disposition; lovable

In an intense or harsh way; bitterly

Kind; gracious

To make bitter.

Fragrant; perfumed

That which is bitter

Not saline or salted

Bitters A bitter, usually alcoholic liquid made with herbs or roots and used in cocktails or as a tonic.

Not spoiled, sour, or decaying; fresh

Chiefly British A sharp-tasting beer made with hops.

Free of acid or acidity

Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).

Low in sulfur content

Harsh, piercing or stinging.

(Music) Of, relating to, or being a form of jazz characterized by adherence to a melodic line and to a time signature.

Hateful or hostile.

Remarkable; outstanding.

Cynical and resentful.

Used as an intensive

(usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

In a sweet manner; sweetly.

A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

Sweet taste or quality; sweetness.

(nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.

Something sweet to the taste.

A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits binary digits.

Foods, such as candy, pastries, puddings, or preserves, that are high in sugar content.

To make bitter.

(Informal) Sweet potatoes

AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

A sweet dish, such as pudding, served as dessert.

Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.

A sweetmeat or confection.

Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.

A dear or beloved person.

Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.

Something pleasing to the mind or feelings.

Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.

Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.

Having a taste of sugar.

Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

To make bitter.

Not having a salty taste.

English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

Having a pleasant smell.

The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.

The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

Having a pleasant sound.

Make bitter

Having a pleasing disposition.

Marked by strong resentment or cynicism;

Having a helpful disposition.

Very difficult to accept or bear;

(mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.

Harsh or corrosive in tone;

(informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.

One of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine

(slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.

Expressive of severe grief or regret;

Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of.

Proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity;

; not salt or brackish.

Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold;

To the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.

Extremely and sharply;

An intensifier.

Used as a positive response to good news or information.

In a sweet manner.

(uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

A food eaten for dessert.

Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.

(obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.

(obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

To sweeten.

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; - opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.

That which is sweet to the taste; - used chiefly in the plural.

That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

One who is dear to another; a darling; - a term of endearment.

Sweetly.

To sweeten.

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

A dish served as the last course of a meal

A food rich in sugar

The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

The property of containing sugar

Having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)

Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;

Pleasing to the ear;

One of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey

Pleasing to the senses;

Pleasing to the mind or feeling;

Having a natural fragrance;

(used of wines) having a sweet taste

Not soured or preserved;

With sweetening added

Not having a salty taste;

In an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly');