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embitterer

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em⋅bit⋅ter

[em-bit-er]
–verb (used with object)
1. to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness: Failure has embittered him.
2. to make bitter or more bitter in taste.
Also, imbitter.


Origin:
1595–1605; em- 1 + bitter


em⋅bit⋅ter⋅er, noun
em⋅bit⋅ter⋅ment, noun


1. sour, rankle, envenom.
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Word Origin & History

embitter 
c.1603, from en- + bitter (q.v.). Now rare in its literal sense; fig. meaning first attested 1634.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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