embitteredadj.
/ɛmˈbɪtəd/ Made bitter, or more bitter. (Chiefly figurative; cf. senses of the verb.)
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adjective]
bitter?c1225
sour?c1225
envenomedc1375
envenomousa1420
crabbed1565
gallish1595
verjuice1598
vinegar-tart1599
soury1647
acrid1681
acrious1682
sourish1688
embittered1694
subacid1760
verjuiced1836
acidulent1837
vinaigrous1837
vinegar1847
vinegary1847
soured1848
acerbic1853
acidulous1865
acerbate1869
acerbitous1870
snake-headed1920
sour-pussed1952
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > bitterness > [adjective] > made
festereda1533
rancoured1567
infestered1570
enfested1591
embittered1694
1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 164 Their imbitter'd and most implacable Enemies.
a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 88 The Remorseless Malice of Imbitter'd Rebels.
1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. viii. 69 My temper becomes embittered.
1849 J. S. Mill Ess. (1859) II. 364 The embittered denunciations against the circulars and proclamations.
Derivatives
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bitterness > [noun]
rancourc1380
nitrosity?a1425
sour cheerc1440
amaritude1490
fellc1494
rust?1507
stomach grief1553
virulencya1617
ranklea1632
embitteredness1643
embitterment1645
virulence1663
sharpness1673
virulentnessa1676
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > bitterness > [noun]
rancourc1380
bitterness1382
sour cheerc1440
amaritude1490
fellc1494
rust?1507
aloea1529
stomach?1553
stomach grief1553
virulencya1617
coloquintida1622
nitrosity1634
embitteredness1643
embitterment1645
virulence1663
sharpness1673
virulentnessa1676
acerbation1793
1643 A. Tuckney Balme of Gilead 35 If imbitterednesse of spirit against God..can make it..Englands present disease..is grown pestilentially malignant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.1643