To embitter, intensify (ill-feeling, passion, wickedness.) Now chiefly with mixed notion of 4. Also, in good sense: †To heighten (courage).
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| 释义 | the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > bitterness of heart > cause bitterness of heart to [verb (transitive)] > make bitter (4) exasperate1548 To embitter, intensify (ill-feeling, passion, wickedness.) Now chiefly with mixed notion of 4. Also, in good sense: †To heighten (courage). fester?1548 figurative. transitive. To cause or allow (a negative feeling, such as anger) to grow worse or more intense over time. Also: to corrupt; to affect… embittera1677 figurative. To infuse with bitterness, spoil the sweetness of (existence, pleasures, pursuits, etc.). out-sharpen1864 transitive. To exceed in sharpness; to sharpen (an object) better than. |
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