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embittered

  • past participle
    of embitter.
    embitter
    verb (used with object)
    to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness.
  • past tense form
    of embitter.
    embitter
    verb (used with object)
    to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness.
  • a word derived from embitter.
    embitter
    verb (used with object)
    to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness.

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Today it is a symbol of a people who still seem poisoned and embittered by an attack that happened a quarter of a century ago.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Just make sure you don’t become so aggrieved or embittered that you let it affect your job performance.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Keith, it turns out, is an embittered actor who failed to land a role in the musical from which that song came.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

I think a lot of the problems that come are when the person at home becomes embittered and starts showing that bitterness to the kids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

This happens when the child who is not missing begins to feel embittered toward the child who is missing purely because he or she is getting all the attention of everyone around.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley