bitterly
Doing something bitterly means doing it in an angry, resentful way. If you argue bitterly with your best friend, you're both expressing hurt feelings and hostility — it may take a while to mend your friendship.
When people speak bitterly to each other, there are a lot of heated emotions involved. If you are bitterly opposed to the dress code at your school, you're truly angry about not being allowed to wear your favorite T-shirt. Bitterly also means "harshly or bitingly," as when the wind blows bitterly in your face as you walk along the beach in February. This adverb shares a root with bite.
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extremely and sharply“it was bitterly cold”synonyms: bitingly, bitter, piercingly
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with bitterness, in a resentful manner“she complained bitterly”
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indicating something hard to accept“he was bitterly disappointed”
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