embittering

[em-bit-er]

Origin

verb (used with object)

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

to make bitter or more bitter in taste.

Origin:
1595–1605; em-¹ + bitter

Related forms

em·bit·ter·er, noun

em·bit·ter·ment, noun

un·em·bit·tered, adjective

Synonyms
1. sour, rankle, envenom.

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Embittering is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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Word Origin & History

embitter

c.1600, from en- + bitter (q.v.). Now rare in its literal sense; figurative meaning first attested 1630s.

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