bitterer

a half-paternal, half-conjugal tone; but the tears of some women contain bitterer reproaches than the fiercest imprecations of others.

Indiana 1900

But the nearer the time of departure came, the bitterer was the sacrifice he was making to what he thought his duty.

Anna Karenina 2003

But the nearer the time of departure came, the bitterer was the sacrifice he was making to what he thought his duty.

Chapter XXIII. Part IV 1917

I suspect my Whig friends do not; for the more one asserts Whig principles, the bitterer is the reflection on those who desert and betray them.

Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. John Knox Laughton 1872

But the nearer the time of departure came, the bitterer was the sacrifice he was making to what he thought his duty.

Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy 1869

What made this the bitterer was the fact that neither a change of ministers nor of sovereign brought about any in the system of government.

History of the English People, Volume VII (of 8) The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 John Richard Green 1860

Bruised and bleeding, he sat on the chair, taking no part in the performance and only sullenly engendering a deeper and bitterer sourness.

CHAPTER XXX 2010

No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.

Lev Raphael: Does A Christmas Carol Really Need to be Rescued? Lev Raphael 2011

So it's thicker and bitterer than your standard high-alcohol stout or porter -- which is the dark beer I generally drink.

Alex Remington: Southern Tier Iniquity Black: Abandon All Other Dark Beers, Ye Who Enter Here 2010

If they are bitterer than I like, I blanch them in boiling salted water before using them in recipes.

How to Harvest Fireweed Shoots with Recipe for Fireweed Shoot Omelet Laurie Constantino 2008