Meaning of EMBITTER
| Pronunciation: | | em'bitur
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| | Definition: | | [v] cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more" |
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| | Synonyms: | | acerbate, envenom |
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| | See Also: | | resent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Em*bit"ter\, v. t.
To make bitter or sad. See {Imbitter}.
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| | Related Terms: | | acerbate, afflict, agent provocateur, aggravate, aggrieve, alienate, amplify, anguish, annoy, antagonize, arouse, augment, bitter, break down, bring to tears, bristle, build up, chafe, crush, cut up, damage, deepen, desolate, deteriorate, dilapidate, draw tears, endamage, enhance, enlarge, envenom, estrange, exacerbate, exasperate, fret, grieve, harm, heat up, heighten, hot up, huff, hurt, impair, incense, increase, inflame, infuriate, injure, intensify, inundate, irritate, madden, magnify, make acute, make worse, miff, nettle, oppress, overwhelm, peeve, pique, prostrate, provoke, put back, rankle, rile, roil, ruffle, set against, set at odds, set up, sharpen, sorrow, sour, stir the blood, stir up, torment, vex, weaken, work up, worsen |
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