bitterly

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ADJ.

cold, left, northern, outside, own, still

VERB + BITTERLY

began, complaining, cried, cry, crying, fighting, repent, smiled

BITTERLY + NOUN

jack, rodwell's, washington

PREP.

about, in, since

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1

In a bitter manner.

Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.

Heidi threw herself down beside Clara's chair and began to cry bitterly.

2

Extremely

On a bitterly cold evening at Wembley, the Lionesses knew only victory would be enough to keep alive Team GB's hopes of competing in Paris.

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adverb — extremely and sharply

piercingly
bitingly
bitter

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Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I de

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Heidi threw herself down beside Clara's chair and began to cry bitterly.

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Liverpool's £58m strikeforce of Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez scored the goals that settled the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park - but Everton were left complaining bitterly about Jack Rodwell's contr

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04

I can't abide hearing you cry so bitterly.

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05

She cried bitterly at a press interview.

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06

They say that since it was bitterly cold in Northern Europe that winter, many people were frozen to death.

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