embitter Definition
em·bit·ter (em bit′ər, im-)
transitive verb
- to make bitter; make resentful or morose
- to make more bitter; exacerbate; aggravate
embitter Related Forms
em·bit′·ter·ment noun
embitter Synonyms
embitter Usage Examples
Object
- relation: It also embittered relations between the classes in France.
- man: He is an embittered old man who doesn't like films anymore.
- enemy: Embittered internal enemies accuse these self-declared hardline Stalinites of going soft on the Socialist Workers Party and Trotskyism.
- journalist: More use than an embittered journalist is the correct answer.
- population: US imperialism may have the whip hand militarily but its failing capitalist policies cannot reconcile an increasingly embittered Iraqi population.
- teacher: Barry Ingham plays Terence Langley, the embittered music teacher: " Suspicion always remain like a shadow.
Subject
- year: Only the saintly Bishop of Digne treats him kindly and Valjean, embittered by years of hardship, repays him by stealing some silver.
- lack: Some senior air force officials remain embittered by the lack of credit they received for their achievements in Operation Desert Storm.
Preposition: by
- year: Only the saintly Bishop of Digne treats him kindly and Valjean, embittered by years of hardship, repays him by stealing some silver.
- lack: Some senior air force officials remain embittered by the lack of credit they received for their achievements in Operation Desert Storm.
Modifying Another Word
- so: There are various theories as to what exactly makes this sort of Scot so embittered and joyless.
- deeply: Additionally, Troubridge's journal provides evidence of a deeply embittered individual, which is the opposite of what Fryer suggests.
- now: But I was now embittered, and more determined than ever to make my escape.
- also: The public are also embittered by some of the proposals coming from the Acute Services review.
- greatly: His charges greatly embittered the Boers, who were further aggrieved by the emancipation of the slaves.
- increasingly: US imperialism may have the whip hand militarily but its failing capitalist policies cannot reconcile an increasingly embittered Iraqi population.
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