Definitions for bitter-end

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bitter-end bit·ter end

Spelling: [bit-er end for 1; bit-er end Bitter-End is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 307 anagrams from letters in bitter-end (-bdeeinrtt).

Definitions for bitter-end

noun

1. the conclusion of a difficult or unpleasant situation; the last or furthest extremity:
2. Nautical. the inboard end of an anchor chain or cable, secured in the chain locker of a vessel. the end of any chain or cable.

Origin of bitter-end

1620-30 in form bitters end; probably bitt + -er¹, later taken as bitter

Examples for bitter-end

It must be borne; had He not borne His own up to the bitter end?

Well, since rhyming's been my ruin, let me rhyme to the bitter end.

Perspiring from every pore, we labour manfully on to the bitter end.

No one was quite sure how Pepper made it to the bitter end, except that the show's producers loved the drama she provoked.

More than ever she determined to struggle to the bitter end.

And the remaining militants appear eager to milk the crisis right to the bitter end.

Take the semifinal for what it was: a battle to the bitter end between two proud football nations.

Custer was played as a cliché of grit and courage, jaw clenched with resolve as he fought to the bitter end.

For every room saw its separate stand; and every stand was to the bitter end.

I deliberately ignored all the warning voices inside me and enjoyed the time by his side almost until the bitter end.