What does bitter end mean?

Definitions for bitter end
ˈbɪt ər ˈɛnd for 1 ; ˈbɪt ər ˌɛnd for 2bit·ter end

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bitter endnoun

    the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be)

    "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"

  2. bitter endnoun

    (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt

Wiktionary

  1. bitter endnoun

    that part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains inboard when a ship is riding at anchor

  2. bitter endnoun

    The end of a long and difficult process.

  3. bitter endnoun

    the final six fathoms of anchor chain before the point of attachment in the chain locker of modern U.S.naval vessels, with these six fathoms often painted blue, white and red to warn deck hands of the end of available anchor chain.

Wikipedia

  1. Bitter End

    Bitter End was the second single released off 'Love/Hate' on 8 October 2007 by Manchester band Nine Black Alps.

ChatGPT

  1. bitter end

    The term "bitter end" generally refers to the final extreme part or conclusion of something, often involving high stakes or disastrous consequences. Originally, the term was used in nautical contexts to refer to the end of a rope or cable fastened to the bitts (posts fixed to the ship's deck).

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bitter end in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bitter end in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of bitter end in a Sentence

  1. Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh:

    Then he saw also that it matters little what profession, whether of religion or irreligion, a man may make, provided only he follows it out with charitable inconsistency, and without insisting on it to the bitter end. It is in the uncompromisingness with which dogma is held and not in the dogma or want of dogma that the danger lies.

  2. Brett Butler:

    At the bloody, bitter end, I really was difficult, i was out of my mind. Drugs will do that to you. The show should have been pulled sooner than it was.

  3. Kaillie Humphries:

    We are battling some tough competition with starts, with technology, with German technology in sleds, it's definitely a challenge, but having a competitive field in the women's sport is exciting. And we're not about to give up just yet. Anything can happen and we'll fight until the bitter end.

  4. Edward Hammond:

    We went into the ports to invade Midway Island, we were going to fight to the bitter end.


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