Bitter may refer to:

Common uses

Resentment Resentment (also called ranklement or bitterness) is a complex, multilayered emotion that has been described as a mixture of disappointment, disgust and anger. Other psychologists consider it a mood or as a secondary emotion (including cogniti ...

, negative emotion or attitude, similar to being jaded, cynical or otherwise negatively affected by experience * Bitter (taste), one of the five basic tastes

Books

* ''

Bitter (novel) ''Bitter'' is a young adult novel written by Nigerian writer Akwaeke Emezi and published by Knopf on February 15, 2022. A prequel to Emezi's ''Pet'', Bitter tells the story of a Black teenage girl living in a city troubled by constant protests an ...

'', a 2022 novel by

Akwaeke Emezi Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and video artist, best known for their novels ''Freshwater'', '' Pet,'' and their ''New York Times'' bestselling novel ''The Death of Vivek Oji''. Emezi is a generalist who writes speculative fiction, r ...

Food and drink

* Bitter (beer), a British term for pale ale * Bitters, an herbal preparation now used mostly in cocktails

Music

Albums

* ''Bitter'' (Jupiter Apple album), 2007 * ''Bitter'' (Meshell Ndegeocello album), 1999

Songs

* "Bitter" (Fletcher song), 2020 * “Bitter” song by The Vamps from

Cherry Blossom A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of genus ''Prunus'' or ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especially in Japan. They generally ...

* "Bitter", 1997 single by Lit from '' Tripping the Light Fantastic'' * "Bitter", song by Jill Sobule from her 1997 album '' Happy Town'' * "Bitter", single by New Zealand band

Shihad Shihad are a rock band formed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1988. The band consists of founders Tom Larkin (drums, backing vocals, samplers), Phil Knight (lead guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals) and Jon Toogood (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), ...

* "Bitter", song by Remy Zero from '' The Golden Hum'' * "Bitter", song by Reks from '' More Grey Hairs''

Other uses

* Bitter (surname) (including a list of persons with the name) * Bitter Cars, a German car company