embitter

[ em-bit-er ]

/ ɛmˈbɪt ər /

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verb (used with object)

to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness: Failure has embittered him.

to make bitter or more bitter in taste.

Also imbitter.

Origin of embitter

First recorded in 1595–1605; em-¹ + bitter

SYNONYMS FOR embitter

1 sour, rankle, envenom.

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OTHER WORDS FROM embitter

em·bit·ter·er, nounem·bit·ter·ment, nounun·em·bit·tered, adjective

Words nearby embitter

Ember week, embezzle, embezzlement, embiid, embiotocid, embitter, Embla, emblaze, emblazon, emblazonment, emblazonry

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Example sentences from the Web for embitter

To enforce obedience, the most harsh and unjust means were employed, which could not but embitter the people.
Frederic Chopin, v. 1 (of 2)|Moritz Karasowski
It must be admitted that his respectable Eminence the Cardinal had enough to provoke and embitter him with his relatives.
A Decade of Italian Women, v. II (of 2)|T. Adolphus Trollope
These things alone would have had a tendency to embitter his heart and to make him rail at the so-called justice of the land.
The Day of Judgment|Joseph Hocking
I may add that no nation can afford to embitter its own writers against itself by producing in their minds a sense of injustice.
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851|Various

Domestic afflictions combined with numerous and painful infirmities to embitter his old age.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for embitter

embitter

/ (ɪmˈbɪtə) /

verb (tr)

to make (a person) resentful or bitter

to aggravate (an already hostile feeling, difficult situation, etc)

Derived forms of embitter

embittered, adjectiveembitterer, nounembitterment, noun

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单词	embitter
释义	embitter [ em-bit-er ] / ɛmˈbɪt ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR embitter ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object) to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness: Failure has embittered him. to make bitter or more bitter in taste. Also imbitter. Origin of embitter First recorded in 1595–1605; em-¹ + bitter SYNONYMS FOR embitter 1 sour, rankle, envenom. SEE SYNONYMS FOR embitter ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM embitter em·bit·ter·er, nounem·bit·ter·ment, nounun·em·bit·tered, adjective Words nearby embitter Ember week, embezzle, embezzlement, embiid, embiotocid, embitter, Embla, emblaze, emblazon, emblazonment, emblazonry Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for embitter To enforce obedience, the most harsh and unjust means were employed, which could not but embitter the people. Frederic Chopin, v. 1 (of 2)\|Moritz Karasowski It must be admitted that his respectable Eminence the Cardinal had enough to provoke and embitter him with his relatives. A Decade of Italian Women, v. II (of 2)\|T. Adolphus Trollope These things alone would have had a tendency to embitter his heart and to make him rail at the so-called justice of the land. The Day of Judgment\|Joseph Hocking I may add that no nation can afford to embitter its own writers against itself by producing in their minds a sense of injustice. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851\|Various Domestic afflictions combined with numerous and painful infirmities to embitter his old age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4\|Various British Dictionary definitions for embitter embitter / (ɪmˈbɪtə) / verb (tr) to make (a person) resentful or bitter to aggravate (an already hostile feeling, difficult situation, etc) Derived forms of embitter embittered, adjectiveembitterer, nounembitterment, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to embitter annoy, disillusion, aggravate, exasperate, irritate, disaffect, sour, exacerbate, envenom, worsen, bother, acerbate, poison, anger, bitter, acidulate, venom
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embitter

verb (used with object)

Origin of embitter

SYNONYMS FOR embitter

OTHER WORDS FROM embitter

Words nearby embitter

Example sentences from the Web for embitter

British Dictionary definitions for embitter

verb (tr)

Derived forms of embitter

Words related to embitter