Bitter vs. Furious — What's the Difference?

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

Full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging.

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

Full of intensity; energetic or fierce

Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear

Feeling great anger; raging; violent.

Proceeding from or exhibiting strong animosity

Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.

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

Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal.

Marked by resentment or cynicism

Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm.

In an intense or harsh way; bitterly

Marked by extreme and violent energy;

To make bitter.

Marked by extreme anger;

That which is bitter

(of the elements) as if showing violent anger;

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

Chiefly British A sharp-tasting beer made with hops.

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

Harsh, piercing or stinging.

Hateful or hostile.

Cynical and resentful.

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

A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

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

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

To make bitter.

AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.

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

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

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

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

Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

To make bitter.

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

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

The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

Make bitter

Marked by strong resentment or cynicism;

Very difficult to accept or bear;

Harsh or corrosive in tone;

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

Expressive of severe grief or regret;

Proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity;

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

Extremely and sharply;