embitter
verb (used with object)
to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness.
had embittered
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past perfectof embitter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The strain of housing and feeding a 40% increase in Barcelona’s population had embittered existing conflicts.
From The Guardian ● May 6, 2017
For almost a year Ernest Bevin's voice had been subdued; illness had weakened him, and the protracted Palestine struggle, in which he often found himself at odds with Washington, had embittered him.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was fond of his brother in his heart, but he had been through an experience which had embittered their relations.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
But this difficulty in breathing passed away so quickly that she scolded herself for the excessive anxiety she always felt on his account, an anxiety that had embittered so many years of her life.
From The Son of His Mother by Clara Viebig
Frederick had excited the envy of surrounding sovereigns, and had embittered them against him by stinging sarcasms.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
