Embitter
verb
To make someone feel angry, unhappy, or upset over time.
His bad experiences in childhood embittered him
Often appears as...
- embitter against
- embitter by
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Disapproving
verb
To make something such as a feeling more intense, especially in a negative way.
The dispute has embittered relations between the two countries
Often appears as...
- embitter relations
- embitter disputes
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Disapproving
verb
To make someone feel angry, unhappy, or upset over time.
His bad experiences in childhood embittered him
Often appears as...
- embitter against
- embitter by
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To make something such as a feeling more intense, especially in a negative way.
The dispute has embittered relations between the two countries
Often appears as...
- embitter relations
- embitter disputes
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Duration Matters
Embitter implies a feeling that develops over time, not suddenly.
Years of unfair treatment embittered the workers.
Pro Tip 2/3Deep Resentment
The anger from 'embitter' is deep and long-lasting, not just annoyance.
She was embittered by the constant criticism and doubted herself.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Experience
Embitter often relates to personal experiences rather than general situations.
The cheating scandal embittered fans who had trusted the athlete.
Pro Tip 1/3Duration Matters
Embitter implies a feeling that develops over time, not suddenly.
Years of unfair treatment embittered the workers.
Pro Tip 2/3Deep Resentment
The anger from 'embitter' is deep and long-lasting, not just annoyance.
She was embittered by the constant criticism and doubted herself.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Experience
Embitter often relates to personal experiences rather than general situations.
The cheating scandal embittered fans who had trusted the athlete.
Pro Tip 1/3Duration Matters
Embitter implies a feeling that develops over time, not suddenly.
Years of unfair treatment embittered the workers.
Pro Tip 2/3Deep Resentment
The anger from 'embitter' is deep and long-lasting, not just annoyance.
She was embittered by the constant criticism and doubted herself.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Experience
Embitter often relates to personal experiences rather than general situations.
The cheating scandal embittered fans who had trusted the athlete.
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First Look: The Long...
He's deeply embittered by the fact that he's been stop-loss, and on top of that, then has the certainty that he's going to die. It's pretty impressive, the fact that you were able to carry out in that. And the calm in the midst of all that, was, uh I probably surprised, me, too.
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The art forger who...
in fact, his life depended on proving that he had committed the fraud. Like many art forgers, Han van Meegeren was an artist whose original works had failed to bring him renown. Embittered towards the art world, van Meegeren set out to make fools of his detractors.
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Dear Facebook, this is...
was starting to give me more heartburn than the times that I engaged with suspected extremists overseas. It was starting to leave me feeling more embittered and frustrated. And so just like that, I shifted my entire focus from global national security threats
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First Look: The Long...
He's deeply embittered by the fact that he's been stop-loss, and on top of that, then has the certainty that he's going to die. It's pretty impressive, the fact that you were able to carry out in that. And the calm in the midst of all that, was, uh I probably surprised, me, too.
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The art forger who...
in fact, his life depended on proving that he had committed the fraud. Like many art forgers, Han van Meegeren was an artist whose original works had failed to bring him renown. Embittered towards the art world, van Meegeren set out to make fools of his detractors.
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Dear Facebook, this is...
was starting to give me more heartburn than the times that I engaged with suspected extremists overseas. It was starting to leave me feeling more embittered and frustrated. And so just like that, I shifted my entire focus from global national security threats
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Quote examples
Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
I didn't want to become some embittered old hack getting his revenge for the rest of my life. And I didn't want to become some scared creature cowering in a corner. I remember telling myself not to carry the hatred around, although I know where it is. I have it in a trunk in storage.
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Anton Chekhov
Russian Dramatist
No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.
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James Earl Jones
American Actor
And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
I think every high school student who was alert during the early '60s got very embittered by the slow progress and the violence surrounding the Civil Rights Movement.
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Bob Hawke
Australian Statesman
Australia can no longer afford to go down the path of confrontation and fragmentation which has embittered and disfigured so many aspects of the national life.
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Apollonius of Tyana
Greek Philosopher
I asked certain rich men if they felt embittered. 'How could we not?' they said. So I asked them what caused this anguish. They blamed their wealth.
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Bernie Siegel
American Writer
A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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Thomas Sprat
English Writer
A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles.
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George Orwell
British Author
He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
American Politician
We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
I didn't want to become some embittered old hack getting his revenge for the rest of my life. And I didn't want to become some scared creature cowering in a corner. I remember telling myself not to carry the hatred around, although I know where it is. I have it in a trunk in storage.
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Anton Chekhov
Russian Dramatist
No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.
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James Earl Jones
American Actor
And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
I think every high school student who was alert during the early '60s got very embittered by the slow progress and the violence surrounding the Civil Rights Movement.
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Bob Hawke
Australian Statesman
Australia can no longer afford to go down the path of confrontation and fragmentation which has embittered and disfigured so many aspects of the national life.
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Apollonius of Tyana
Greek Philosopher
I asked certain rich men if they felt embittered. 'How could we not?' they said. So I asked them what caused this anguish. They blamed their wealth.
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Bernie Siegel
American Writer
A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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Thomas Sprat
English Writer
A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles.
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George Orwell
British Author
He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
American Politician
We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands.
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