Collocations for bitter - adj.
1. angry/unhappy
VERBS
be,
feel,
seem,
sound
become, grow, turn
He had grown bitter as the years passed.
Loving relationships can turn bitter.
become, grow, turn
He had grown bitter as the years passed.
Loving relationships can turn bitter.
remain
leave sb, make sb
The divorce had left her bitter.
leave sb, make sb
The divorce had left her bitter.
PREPOSITION
about
She still seems bitter about it.
She still seems bitter about it.
towards/toward
I felt very bitter towards/toward them.
I felt very bitter towards/toward them.
2. very cold
3. having a sharp taste
Bitter is used with these nouns:
accusation, almond, anger, anguish, argument, attack, battle, blow, campaign, chill, chocolate, clash, coffee, cold, conflict, confrontation, contest, controversy, critic, criticism, cynicism, debate, defeat, denunciation, disagreement, disappointment, dispute, division, divorce, enemy, enmity, exchange, feud, fight, fighting, flavour, foe, fruit, hatred, herb, hostility, irony, laugh, legacy, lesson, memory, opponent, opposition, parting, quarrel, reality, regret, reproach, resentment, rival, rivalry, row, sarcasm, squabble, strike, struggle, taste, tear, tone, truth, undertone, weather, wind, winter, word, wrangle
accusation, almond, anger, anguish, argument, attack, battle, blow, campaign, chill, chocolate, clash, coffee, cold, conflict, confrontation, contest, controversy, critic, criticism, cynicism, debate, defeat, denunciation, disagreement, disappointment, dispute, division, divorce, enemy, enmity, exchange, feud, fight, fighting, flavour, foe, fruit, hatred, herb, hostility, irony, laugh, legacy, lesson, memory, opponent, opposition, parting, quarrel, reality, regret, reproach, resentment, rival, rivalry, row, sarcasm, squabble, strike, struggle, taste, tear, tone, truth, undertone, weather, wind, winter, word, wrangle