embitter
verb (used with object)
to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness.
embitterment
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a word derived from
embitter.
Example Sentences
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Christmas draws our thoughts to the passing of time, and to the concomitant dangers of embitterment, of deterioration as a person.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2015
Both fail him, but the beauty of “Any Human Heart” is that embitterment never sees its own victories.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2011
Our sense of embitterment, our sense of recompense may not be exactly what you saw at Nuremburg.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2011
It was the kind of case which in the past had often produced, if not actual war, at any rate prolonged embitterment of international relations.
From Time Magazine Archive
When we argued about our differences in a friendly spirit, all was permissible; now if I spoke my thought it would be mere harshness and cause of embitterment.
From The Odd Women by George Gissing
