'Bitter end' definitions:
Definition of 'bitter end'
(from WordNet)
noun
The final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"
noun
(nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt
Definition of 'Bitter end'
From: GCIDE
- Bitter \Bit"ter\, n. [See Bitts.] (Naut.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. [1913 Webster]
- Bitter end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and so within board, when the ship rides at anchor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bitter end'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bottom dollar,
- boundary,
- butt,
- butt end,
- catastrophe,
- climax,
- completion,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- culmination,
- denouement,
- end,
- end result,
- extreme,
- extremity,
- fag end,
- farthest bound,
- final result,
- finale,
- jumping-off place,
- last act,
- limit,
- nib,
- payoff,
- point,
- pole,
- stub,
- stump,
- tag,
- tag end,
- tail,
- tail end,
- termination,
- Thule,
- tip,
- Ultima Thule