bitterish
- a word derived from bitter.
Example Sentences
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The fate of Pchelka and Mushka had a bitterish taste.
From Time Magazine Archive
A sickly, bitterish flavor permeated milk, cheese and beef from cattle that had crunched the pests with their fodder.
From Time Magazine Archive
E. D.—Alkanet-root has little or no smell: when recent, it has a bitterish astringent taste, but when dried scarcely any.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
The dough made of fir bark is more compact than barley dough, and almost as much so as that made of rye; but the bread has a bitterish taste.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von
The Leaves.—These have at first a sweetish taste, which gradually becomes bitterish and roughish.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
