Definition

Noun: 1. The state or feeling of being bitter, resentful, or deeply disillusioned: Embitterment refers to a lasting condition of having one's feelings turned to bitterness, often due to a sense of injustice, disappointment, or prolonged hardship. It describes a deep-seated resentment that colors one's outlook.

Usage

• Embitterment is an uncountable noun used to describe a person's emotional or psychological state.
• It is often caused by negative life experiences such as betrayal, failure, loss, or perceived unfair treatment.
• It typically implies a chronic state rather than a temporary feeling of anger or sadness.

Examples

• The long legal dispute filled him with a profound sense of embitterment.
• Her embitterment towards the company was evident in her cynical remarks.
• Years of political exile led to his growing embitterment.

Advanced Usage

• "A source of embitterment": Something that causes this bitter feeling.
  • The broken promise was a constant source of embitterment for her.
• "With embitterment": Describing an action done while feeling bitter.
  • He spoke of his former colleagues with deep embitterment.

Variants and Related Words

• Embitter (verb): To cause someone to feel bitter or resentful.
  • The defeat embittered him for years.
• Embittered (adjective): Describing someone who feels bitter and resentful.
  • He became an embittered old man.
• Bitter (adjective): Having a sharp, unpleasant taste; or (of people) feeling anger and disappointment.

Synonyms

• Resentment: Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.
• Cynicism: An inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism.
• Disillusionment: A feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed.
• Acrimony: Bitterness or ill feeling.

Antonyms

• Contentment: A state of happiness and satisfaction.
• Forgiveness: The action or process of ceasing to feel resentment.
• Benevolence: The quality of being well-meaning; kindness.

Noun

1. the state of being embittered
   • the embitterment that resulted from the loss of his job never left him