| 单词 | embitter |
| 释义 | embitter (once / 1819 pages) v To embitter to make someone bitter, resentful, or angry. People are embittered by disappointing and unfair experiences. Life is often difficult, painful, and unfair. When bad things happen, they can embitter people. When you're embittered, your mood and attitude have soured. Losing your job unfairly will embitter you. Getting insulted will embitter you. Facing discrimination will embitter you. Some people are more prone to being embittered than others, but everyone gets embittered sometimes. When something or someone embitters you, you feel resentful and long for revenge. WORD FAMILYembitter: embittered, embittering, embitterment, embitters+/embitterment: embitterments USAGE EXAMPLESDetectives’ phones rarely ring with tips, and officers grow embittered with witnesses who will not cooperate. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) He saw modest and embittered people who’d seen the places they grew up in disappear. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) Some of the more embittered began posting images of themselves holding up handwritten notes apologizing to the rest of the world. Salon(Dec 29, 2016) v cause to be bitter or resentful These injustices embittered her even more Syn acerbate, envenom |
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