Bitter may refer to:

Common uses

Resentment Resentment (also called ranklement or bitterness) is a complex, multilayered emotion that has been described as a mixture of disappointment, disgust and anger. Other psychologists consider it a Mood (psychology), mood or as a secondary emotion ( ...

, negative emotion or attitude, similar to being jaded, cynical or otherwise negatively affected by experience *

Bitter (taste) The gustatory system or sense of taste is the sensory system that is partially responsible for the perception of taste. Taste is the perception stimulated when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on ...

, one of the five basic tastes

Books

* ''

Bitter (novel) ''Bitter'' is a young adult novel written by Nigerian writer Akwaeke Emezi and published by Knopf on 15 February 2022. A prequel to Emezi's ''Pet'', Bitter tells the story of a Black teenage girl living in a city troubled by constant protests and ...

'', a 2022 novel by

Akwaeke Emezi Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and visual artist, best known for their novels ''Freshwater'' (2018), '' Pet'', and the ''New York Times'' bestselling work ''The Death of Vivek Oji''. Emezi is a generalist who writes speculative ficti ...

Food and drink

Bitter (beer) Bitter is an English style of pale ale that varies in colour from gold to dark amber, and in strength typically from 3% to 5.5% alcohol by volume. History The term "bitter" has been used in England to describe pale ale since the early 19th ce ...

, a British term for pale ale *

Bitters A bitters (plural also ''bitters'') is traditionally an Alcoholic drink, alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter for a Bitterness (taste), bitter or bittersweet Flavoring, flavor. Originally, numerous longstanding brands of bitters ...

, an herbal preparation with bitter flavour now used mostly in cocktails * A category of plants with bitter flavour, many dark

leafy greens Leaf vegetables, also called leafy greens, vegetable greens, or simply greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by their petioles and shoots, if tender. Leaf vegetables eaten raw in a salad can be called salad gre ...

Music

Albums

* ''Bitter'' (Jupiter Apple album), 2007 * ''Bitter'' (Meshell Ndegeocello album), 1999

Songs

* "Bitter" (Fletcher song) (2020) * "Bitter", by Lit from '' Tripping the Light Fantastic'', 1997 * "Bitter", by Reks from ''

More Grey Hairs More Grey Hairs is a compilation album by the American rapper Reks, released on March 10, 2009, by ShowOff Records. The album contains previously unreleased songs that were cut from Reks' previous album, ''Grey Hairs Grey Hairs is the third s ...

'' * "Bitter", by Remy Zero from ''

The Golden Hum ''The Golden Hum'' is the third and final studio album by American band Remy Zero, released in 2001, produced for Elektra Records. The album became popular for the song " Save Me", which was featured as the theme song for the TV show ''Small ...

'' * "Bitter", by Freya Ridings from ''

Blood Orange The blood orange is a variety of orange (fruit), orange with crimson, near blood-colored flesh. It is one of the sweet orange varieties (Citrus × sinensis, ''Citrus'' × ''sinensis''). It is also known as the raspberry orange. The dark flesh ...

'', 2023 * "Bitter", by

Shihad Shihad were a Rock music, rock band formed in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1988. The band consisted of founders Tom Larkin (musician), Tom Larkin (drums, backing vocals, samplers), Phil Knight (lead guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals) and Jon To ...

* "Bitter", by Jill Sobule from '' Happy Town'', 1997 * "Bitter", by The Vamps from ''

Cherry Blossom The cherry blossom, or sakura, is the flower of trees in ''Prunus'' subgenus '' Cerasus''. ''Sakura'' usually refers to flowers of ornamental cherry trees, such as cultivars of ''Prunus serrulata'', not trees grown for their fruit (although ...

Other uses

Bitter (surname) The surnames Bitter, de Bitter or Von Bitter may refer to: * Billy Bitter (born 1988), an American lacrosse player * Francis Bitter (1902–1967), an American physicist who invented the Bitter electromagnet, which uses circular metal plates inste ...

(including a list of persons with the name) *

Bitter Cars Erich Bitter Automobil GmbH (Bitter) is a premium sports-luxury automobile marque produced in Germany and later Austria. Founder Erich Bitter (1933–2023), a then retired racing driver turned automobile tuner, importer and ultimately designe ...

, a German car company