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bitter opponent

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meanings of bitterand opponent


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bitter
adjective
uk /ˈbɪt.ər/ us /ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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opponent
noun[C]
uk /əˈpəʊ.nənt/ us /əˈpoʊ.nənt/
a person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to ...
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Examples of bitter opponent


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I have been a bitteropponent of purchase tax ever since it was instituted in 1940.
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He is a bitteropponent of both the winter fuel scheme and the minimum income guarantee.
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And employer hostility towards unionism was as strong as ever: these same companies included some of the most bitter opponents of unionism.
Some of the people running this industry were, before nationalisation, bitter opponents of staff trade unions.
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Hansard archive

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Of course, the bitter opponents of devolution will not wish to support that.
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It shows how much more evil it is than was predicted by many of the most bitter opponents of the poll tax.
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We are trying to get bitter opponents on to our side.
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It served as a great rallying time, it made plain to the trade unionists who were their most bitter opponents.
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The measure is favoured by the big estates, which were my bitter opponents during the process of leasehold reform.
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Hansard archive

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I remember the many bitter opponents of fluoridation fighting well into the night on the issue.
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Bitter opponents have been completely converted.
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Even his most bitter opponents can not prove he would have been a bad leader.
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Wikipedia

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