bitter opposition

collocation in English

meaningsofbitterandopposition

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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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opposition
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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(Definition ofbitterandoppositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The growth of a radical and oftenbitteroppositionoccurred as a result of the unresponsiveness of the conservative faction and the deterioration of race relations.
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Politicians who had carried the union againstbitteroppositionseemed to have sold their country for a mess of pottage.
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I do not think that there will bebitteropposition.
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This has been going on for a long time, and we have hadbitteroppositionto other routes.
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Economies brought about by agreement are far more, effective and satisfactory than economies brought about in the teeth ofbitteropposition.
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None of us foresees anybitteroppositionemerging to them.
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They are now entering upon the mostbitteroppositionfrom the workers of this country, the miners and others, that ever they have encountered.
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Every measure which decreases, even to a small extent, educational inequalities seems to them a menace to social privilege, and arouses, therefore, theirbitteropposition.
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In which case one asks the reason for hisbitteropposition.
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I say little about the complicated andbitteroppositionwhich takes place between the two bodies now responsible for massed start racing in this country.
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It was bound to arouse intense andbitteroppositionfrom the people who made their homes in the area and it did so.
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There wasbitteroppositionto any kind of levy.
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It is significant that all three main local authority national associations have expressed theirbitteroppositionto the proposed legislation.
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They have had to fightbitteroppositionfrom those entrenched in the professions, big business and all other elements of the establishment.
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I am aware that there isbitteropposition, which is why the proposals are being consulted on.
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There were three reasons for thebitteropposition.
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It is a curious situation and, when people come to recognise it, there will bebitteroppositionand resentment among those employed in heavy industry.
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There wasbitteroppositionfrom people living in the areas which were removed from the county and in the areas remaining in the county, but all to no avail.
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When the labour market was being liberalised and trade union reform was being fought through in the teeth ofbitteropposition, where were the friends of labour market flexibility?
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It is an intense andbitteropposition.
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