Synonyms of bitterly

bitterly

adverb

as in sorrowfully

with feelings of bitterness or grief

cried bitterly after her grandmother died

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sorrowfully
• sadly
• mournfully
• painfully
• hard
• harshly
• unhappily
• sharply
• regretfully
• ruefully
• resentfully
• dolefully
• grievously
• severely
• wailfully
• plaintively
• lugubriously
• woefully
• wretchedly
• inconsolably
• sorely
• dolorously
• agonizingly
• hardly
• despairingly
• miserably
• distressfully
• dejectedly
• darkly
• abjectly
• glumly
• sullenly
• gloomily
• cheerlessly
• dispiritedly
• morosely
• disconsolately
• somberly
• dismally
• despondently
• dourly
• pessimistically
• forlornly
• drearily
• cruelly
• acutely
• mirthlessly
• blackly
• poignantly
• joylessly
• distressingly
• keenly
• hurtfully
• ill
• piercingly
• downheartedly
• rancorously
• low-spiritedly
• crestfallenly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• happily
• joyfully
• joyously
• gladly
• blissfully
• cheerfully
• gleefully
• delightedly
• cheerily
• merrily
• lightheartedly
• gaily
• lightly
• calmly
• casually
• indifferently
• easily
• good-naturedly
• blithely
• stoically
• dispassionately
• nonchalantly
• impassively
• unconcernedly
• mirthfully
• favorably
• sunnily
• well
• rejoicingly
• blithesomely

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bitterly

The race is widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country's history. — Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026

The race was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s nearly unbroken 17-year rule, which had left Israelis bitterly divided on a host of issues even before the deadliest attack in the country’s history. — Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who marked his 100th day in office on Tuesday, has broken that code of silence and reignited a debate that bitterly divided the country. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

The two men have been bitterly at odds ever since Comey’s firing. — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

The race is bitterly divided on the issue of a transcontinental railroad. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Conservationists fought bitterly over whether trapping every bird should be considered rescue or surrender. — David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

And the fourth was about how Bush’s advisers fought bitterly and were split on economic policy. — Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Nothing comes of it, of course, until months later, when Corinne sees the news that Kiberlain is taking to the Paris stage in a production of the very same play, and bitterly confronts her outside the theater. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026