The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

ite v. 1 nip; chew, gnaw: That dog of yours bit a piece out of my
ankle. 2 sting: She was bitten by a mosquito.
--n. 3 mouthful, morsel, scrap, bit, piece, taste; snack, Slang
nosh: The survivors hadn't had a bite of food for three days.
Come round for a bite on Sunday evening before the concert. 4
sting: These mosquito bites itch horribly.
biting adj. severe, harsh, cutting, piercing, penetrating, keen,
sharp, bitter; cold, wintry, freezing: The biting wind went
right through his thin coat.
bitter adj. 1 harsh, acerbic, acrid, sharp, caustic, mordant: I added
some cream to the sauce to try and make it taste less bitter. 2
unappetizing, distasteful, unsavoury, unpleasant, hard (to
swallow or take), irritating, obnoxious, disagreeable, nasty,
painful, unwelcome, unpalatable: The demand for additional tax
payments was a bitter pill. 3 miserable, grievous, dispiriting,
distressing, cruel, distressful: Dismissal after all those
years in the firm was a bitter experience. 4 resentful,
embittered, rancorous; hateful: Andrew felt bitter at not being
selected as chairman. 5 stinging, cutting, biting, harsh,
reproachful, vicious, acrimonious, virulent; cruel, unkind,
unpleasant, nasty: His bitter denunciation of other candidates
lost him the campaign. 6 sharp, keen, cutting, severe, biting,
cold, wintry, freezing: A bitter gale lashed at the rigging.
bitterness
n. 1 harshness, acerbity, acrimony, acrimoniousness,
bitterness, spleen, Literary gall and wormwood: The bitterness
of his opponent's attack was totally uncalled for. 2 animosity,
hatred, resentment; hostility, antagonism: She felt bitterness
in her heart over the way she had been treated.
bizarre adj. 1 eccentric, unusual, unconventional, extravagant,
whimsical, strange, odd, curious, peculiar, queer, offbeat,
fantastic, weird, incongruous, deviant, erratic, Slang kinky:
The police thought his behaviour somewhat bizarre and invited
him down to the station for questioning. 2 grotesque, irregular,
nonconformist, nonconforming, outlandish, outr‚, quaint,
fantastic, unconventional: His house is a bizarre mixture of
baroque and modern design.