bitter+pill
31bitter — bit|ter1 W3S3 [ˈbıtə US ər] adj [: Old English; Origin: biter] 1.) feeling angry, jealous, and upset because you think you have been treated unfairly →↑bitterly bitter about ▪ I feel very bitter about what has happened. ▪ a bitter and vindictive… …
32bitter — [[t]bɪ̱tə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ bitterest, bitters 1) ADJ GRADED In a bitter argument or conflict, people argue very angrily or fight very fiercely. ...the scene of bitter fighting during the Second World War. ...a bitter attack on the Government s failure …
33pill — n 1. tablet, capsule, pellet, vitamin pill, diet pill, Med., Pharm. placebo, Pharm., Vet. Med. bolus; pastille, troche, lozenge, drop, cough drop; medicine, remedy, curé, medicament, medication, physic, drug, pharmaceutical. 2. dose, bitter cup,… …
34pill — n. tablet of medicine 1) to swallow, take a pill 2) (colloq.) to pop pills 3) a headache; sleeping pill oral contraceptive 4) to take the pill 5) to be on the pill misc. 6) it was a bitter pill to swallow ( it was very difficult to experience… …
35bitter — 1 adjective 1 ANGRY/UPSET full of angry, jealous, and unhappy feelings because you think you have been badly treated or that unfair things have happened to you: He became bitter and disillusioned as he grew older. (+ about): They all lost their… …
36pill — pill1 S3 [pıl] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: pilula, from pila ball ] 1.) a small solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole ▪ He has to take pills to control his blood pressure. ▪ sleeping pills ▪ a bottle of vitamin pills …
37bitter — adj. & n. adj. 1 having a sharp pungent taste; not sweet. 2 a caused by or showing mental pain or resentment (bitter memories; bitter rejoinder). b painful or difficult to accept (bitter disappointment). 3 a harsh; virulent (bitter animosity). b… …
38pill — pill1 /pil/, n. 1. a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole. 2. something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured: Ingratitude is a bitter pill. 3. Slang. a… …
39pill — noun 1》 a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole. ↘(the Pill) a contraceptive pill. 2》 informal, dated a ball. 3》 informal, dated a tedious or unpleasant person. verb (of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its… …
40pill — n. 1 a solid medicine formed into a ball or a flat disc for swallowing whole. b (usu. prec. by the) colloq. a contraceptive pill. 2 an unpleasant or painful necessity; a humiliation (a bitter pill; must swallow the pill). 3 colloq. or joc. a ball …
