EGAVE

embitter

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To cause (something) to be or taste bitter; to bitter.
  2. verb To cause (a positive quality such as happiness, or a thing such as an activity or one's life) to become less good or pleasurable; also, to make (a negative quality, or thing such as a disagreement) worse or more unpleasant. To cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly; to envenom.
  3. verb To cause (a positive quality such as happiness, or a thing such as an activity or one's life) to become less good or pleasurable; also, to make (a negative quality, or thing such as a disagreement) worse or more unpleasant.
  4. verb To cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly; to envenom.

Similar words

acerbate envenom bitter debitter acidify debitterize disembitter anger sour rankle

Often followed by

the his their him and our relations my her them

Word family

embittered embittering embitterment embitterments embitters

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