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embittered, ppl. a.|ɛmˈbɪtəd| [f. prec. + -ed1.] Made bitter, or more bitter. (Chiefly fig.; cf. senses of the vb.)
1655Milton Lett. State (1851) 333 Their imbitter'd and most implacable Enemies. a1716South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 88 The Remorseless Malice of Imbitter'd Rebels. 1797Godwin Enquirer i. viii. 69 My temper becomes embittered. 1849Mill Ess. (1859) II. 364 The embittered denunciations against the circulars and proclamations. Hence † emˈbitteredness. Obs.
1643Tuckney Balme of G. 35 If imbitterednesse of spirit against God..can make it..Englands present disease..is grown pestilentially malignant. |