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单词 embitter
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embitter in British English

(ɪmˈbɪtə)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to make (a person) resentful or bitter
2. 
to aggravate (an already hostile feeling, difficult situation, etc)
Derived forms
embittered (emˈbittered)
adjective
embitterer (emˈbitterer)
noun
embitterment (emˈbitterment)
noun

embitter in American English

(ɛmˈbɪtər; ɪmˈbɪtər)
verb transitive
1. 
to make bitter; make resentful or morose
2. 
to make more bitter; exacerbate; aggravate
Derived forms
embitterment (emˈbitterment)
noun

Examples of 'embitter' in a sentence
embitter

And the situation only gets worse following with the arrival of their embittered mother.
The Sun (2009)
I actually did know a man whose embittered wife sold off his entire collection while he was away on a business trip.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)

Synonyms of 'embitter'

make bitter or resentful, anger, poison, sour
aggravate, worsen, exacerbate, exasperate
More Synonyms of embitter
1 (verb) 
I will not let this experience embitter me.
Synonyms
make bitter or resentful
anger
The decision to allow more construction angered the residents.
poison
ill-feeling that will poison further negotiations
sour
The experience, she says, has soured her.
alienate
The government cannot afford to alienate either group.
disillusion
antagonize
He didn't want to antagonize her.
disaffect
envenom
2 (verb) 
Synonyms
aggravate
Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation.
worsen
These options would actually worsen the economy and add to the deficit.
exacerbate
Their poverty has been exacerbated by austerity measures.
exasperate
The constant interruptions were beginning to exasperate me.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of alienate
Definition
to cause a friend to become unfriendly or hostile
The government cannot afford to alienate either group.
Synonyms
antagonize,
anger,
annoy,
offend,
irritate,
hassle (informal),
gall,
repel,
estrange,
piss off (taboo, slang),
lose the affection of,
disaffect,
hack off (informal)
in the sense of anger
Definition
to make (someone) angry
The decision to allow more construction angered the residents.
Synonyms
enrage,
provoke,
outrage,
annoy,
offend,
excite,
irritate,
infuriate,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
incense,
fret,
gall,
madden,
exasperate,
nettle,
vex,
affront,
displease,
rile,
pique,
get on someone's nerves (informal),
antagonize,
get someone's back up,
piss someone off (taboo, slang),
put someone's back up,
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
make someone's blood boil,
get in someone's hair (informal),
get someone's dander up (informal)
in the sense of antagonize
Definition
to arouse hostility in
He didn't want to antagonize her.
Synonyms
annoy,
anger,
insult,
offend,
irritate,
alienate,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
gall,
repel,
estrange,
get under your skin (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
get up your nose (informal),
be on your back (slang),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
rub (someone) up the wrong way (informal),
disaffect,
get in your hair (informal),
get on your wick (British, slang),
hack you off (informal)

Nearby words of
embitter

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  • emblazon
  • emblem

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