Definition of Bitterish

1. Adjective. Somewhat bitter.

Exact synonyms: Sharp-tasting
Similar to: Tasty

Definition of Bitterish

1. a. Somewhat bitter.

Definition of Bitterish

1. Adjective. Reasonably bitter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bitterish

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitterish

bitter salts
bitter spar
bitter tonic
bitter water
bitterbrush
bitterbrushes
bitterbump
bittercress
bittercresses
bittered
bitterer
bitterest
bitterful
bittering
bitterings
bitterish (current term)
bitterling
bitterlings
bitterly
bittern
bitterness
bitternesses
bitterns
bitternut
bitternut hickory
bitternuts
bitterroot
bitterroots
bitters
bittersweet

Literary usage of Bitterish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"little bitterish to the palate; but it proved sweet when it was down. In this place there was a record kept of the names of them that had been pilgrims of ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"The dried plant, which is generally procured from Turkey and Arabia, has an agreeable smell, and ft warm, bitterish taste. It waa formerly u-fii as a ..."

3. Pharmacopœa Germanica by Charles L. Lochman, Germany Reichsamt des Innern, Pharmacopoea Germanica (1884)
"an astringent, bitterish taste, with a sweetish aftertaste. When boiled with 10 parts of alcohol, it yields a clear, dark brown solution, ..."

4. The Flowering Plants of Tunbridge Wells & Neighbourhood by Richard Deakin (1871)
"The roots of this plant have a hot, pungent, bitterish taste, and have been thought useful as a stimulating stomachic and gargle for affections of the ..."

5. A Medical formulary based on the United States and British pharmacopoeias by Laurence Johnson (1881)
"It is in minute white crystals, haying a slight odor of benzoic acid, a bitterish, saline taste, soluble in water and alcohol . Its medicinal effects are ..."

6. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"088, bitterish; congeals below 0° C. (32° F.) ; solution in sulphuric acid brown-red ... 0 852, bitterish ; dextrogyre ; boiling-point about 175° 0. ..."

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