embitter

/im'bitə/

Thân thiện

The long series of injustices embittered her outlook on life.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Verb

1. cause to be bitter or resentful
   • These injustices embittered her even more

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