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embitter /ɪmˈbɪtə / /ɛmˈbɪtə/verb [with object] (usually as adjective embittered) Make (someone) feel bitter or resentful: he died an embittered man...- Those triumphs quickly turned sour when looting and lawlessness took over the thinly patrolled streets, embittering residents, stalling reconstruction and giving the insurgency a jump-start on the occupation authorities.
- Further, the decision has the potential to embitter me to the point where I will actively campaign my classmates (which, as you know, had record levels of participation in alumni giving) to stop giving money, as well.
- Desmond Tutu said that long-suffering can embitter you, but it can also change you in a great way and Mandela has done the latter.
Synonyms make bitter, make resentful, sour, anger, poison, envenom, make rancorous, jaundice, antagonize, vex, frustrate, alienate; disillusion, disaffect, dissatisfy, discourage; North American rankle Rhymes bitter, committer, critter, emitter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, permitter, pitta, quitter, remitter, sitter, skitter, slitter, spitter, splitter, submitter, titter, transmitter, twitter, witter |