imbitter
Americanverb (used with object)
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But it was not necessary; and why should he imbitter against him the only parties who remained his friends?
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
The author regards children as sacred, and would not, for the world, cast anything into the fountain of a young heart that might imbitter and pollute its waters.
From Biographical Stories (From: "True Stories of History and Biography") by Nathaniel Hawthorne
But here began that misunderstanding and distrust which for so many months were to alienate these two peoples and imbitter their intercourse.
From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
Thus did Abraham's concubinage continue to imbitter his domestic peace; and the good old patriarch was again placed in a most difficult and perplexing situation.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Francis Augustus Cox
He made the best of things, overlooking the petty matters which some persons allow to wear and imbitter their dispositions.
From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton
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