Bitterly
Bitterly adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: cried bitterly after her grandmother died
Unhappily and bitterly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unhappily" instead an adverb "Bitterly".
Nearby Words: bitter, bitterness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hardly and bitterly
- hardly and unhappily
- harshly and bitterly
- harshly and unhappily
- severely and bitterly
- severely and unhappily
- ruefully and bitterly
- ruefully and unhappily
- distressingly and bitterly
- distressingly and unhappily
- painfully and bitterly
- painfully and unhappily
- sadly and bitterly
- sadly and unhappily
Both words in one sentence
- He gives it a brief but passionate Dark Reprise towards the end of the film, bitterly repeating the chorus as he unhappily resigns himself to remaining alone.
Source: Dark Reprise
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