imbitter
Americanverb (used with object)
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Was it not enough alone, if she had been far less ill, to imbitter the very fountains of life, and kill her with mere fright and horror?
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man—the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.—Fielding.
From Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age by Louis Klopsch
Mr. R. Do it while there is yet time.—I will bear my lot in patience; but let not the thought of having ruined you imbitter my wretched existence.
From The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. by August Wilhelm Iffland
“But the knowledge must not imbitter your life,” he said.
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
If soured by misfortune, present not thyself before a dear friend, for thou may'st also imbitter his pleasure.
From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 by James Ross
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