embitter

[ em-bit-er ]
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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.

Origin of embitter

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

Other words for embitter

Other words from embitter

  • em·bit·ter·er, noun
  • em·bit·ter·ment, noun
  • un·em·bit·tered, adjective

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How to use embitter in a sentence

  • As time went by and Nella-Rose as an actuality receded, her memory remained unembittered.

    The Man Thou Gavest | Harriet T. Comstock
  • A love to be perfect, to have its sweetness unembittered, ought not to be subjected to the wear and tear of prolonged fellowship.

    The Continental Dragoon | Robert Neilson Stephens
  • He was a simple, high-minded Cornishman, whose natural directness and honesty were unspoiled by favour, unembittered by failure.

    A Book of Sibyls | Anne Thackeray (Mrs. Richmond Ritchie)
  • Instead, he appeared to read confirmation there of the landlord's plain and unembittered statement.

    Room Number 3 | Anna Katharine Green
  • Unembittered, he kept his sweetness and sanity, his dewy laughter, and his fluttering gratitude.

British Dictionary definitions for embitter

embitter

/ (ɪmˈbɪtə) /


verb(tr)
  1. to make (a person) resentful or bitter

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

Derived forms of embitter

  • embittered, adjective
  • embitterer, noun
  • embitterment, noun

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