embitter

[US]/ɪmˈbɪtə(r)/
[UK]/ɪmˈbɪtər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. make someone feel bitter; cause to suffer.
Word Forms
Past Participleembittered
Past Tenseembittered
Present Participleembittering
Third Person Singularembitters
Pluralembitters

Example Sentences

he died an embittered man.

He was embittered by his failures.

was embittered by years of unrewarded labor.

The artist was embittered by public neglect.

lest you, even more than needs, embitter our parting.

The loss of all his money embitter the old man.

Repeated failures embittered him.

These injustices embittered her even more.

Real-world Examples

Mr Eig explains that King " needed to embolden without embittering" .

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Embittered towards the art world, van Meegeren set out to make fools of his detractors.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

A discovery of any mystery of your past would embitter our lives'.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

They embittered their years over nothing more than the price of a carpet!

Source: The virtues of human nature.

He was embittered and decided to go the other country.

Source: Pan Pan

It would embitter our lives, if I were then half in the dark, as I am now! '

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

I was suffering too keenly, and what embittered my thoughts was that there was no remedy.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

Do I sometimes embitter the present by regretting things that happened in the past-that are over and done with?

Source: The virtues of human nature.

Israelis are - were already embittered against Palestinians, believing that the Second Intifada showed that they were committed to violence.

Source: Fresh air

Embittered by failure, yearning for a safe place where he could await old age, the false homeopath took refuge in Macondo.

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

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