embitter
/im'bitə/
Definition
- Verb:
- To cause someone to feel bitter, resentful, or full of anger and disappointment.
- To make a situation, feeling, or relationship more bitter, harsh, or severe.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- Years of unfair treatment had embittered him.
- The failed negotiations embittered the relationship between the two companies.
- She was embittered by the constant criticism.
Advanced Usage
- "to embitter someone against something/someone": To cause someone to feel lasting bitterness or resentment towards a person or thing.
- The scandal embittered the public against the political establishment.
- Passive Voice: Often used in the passive form ("be embittered") to describe a person's state.
- He grew old and embittered by his lack of success.
Variants and Related Words
- Embittered (adj): Describing someone who feels or shows bitterness.
- An embittered former employee.
- Embitterment (n): The state or process of becoming embittered.
- The policy led to widespread embitterment among the population.
Synonyms
- Alienate: To cause someone to feel isolated or estranged.
- Sour: To cause to become unpleasant, disillusioned, or hostile.
- Disillusion: To cause someone to realize that a belief is false.
Antonyms
- Sweeten: To make more pleasant or agreeable.
- Reconcile: To restore friendly relations.
- Pacify: To quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
Related Phrases
- To leave someone embittered: To cause someone to be left with feelings of bitterness.
- The unfair verdict left the family embittered.
- An embittered heart/mind: Describing a person's internal state of bitterness.
- He spoke from an embittered heart.
Verb
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cause to be bitter or resentful
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These injustices embittered her even more
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