Dictionary Definition
embitter v : cause to be bitter or resentful;
"These injustices embittered her even more" [syn: envenom, acerbate]
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English
Pronunciation
Verb
- To cause to be bitter.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acerbate, afflict, agent provocateur,
aggravate, aggrieve, alienate, amplify, anguish, annoy, antagonize, arouse, augment, bitter, break down, bring to
tears, bristle, build
up, chafe, crush, cut up, damage, deepen, desolate, deteriorate, dilapidate, draw tears,
endamage, enhance, enlarge, envenom, estrange, exacerbate, exasperate, fret, grieve, harm, heat up, heighten, hot up, huff, hurt, impair, incense, increase, inflame, infuriate, injure, intensify, inundate, irritate, madden, magnify, make acute, make worse,
miff, nettle, oppress, overwhelm, peeve, pique, prostrate, provoke, put back, rankle, rile, roil, ruffle, set against, set at odds,
set up, sharpen,
sorrow, sour, stir the blood, stir up,
torment, vex, weaken, work up, worsen