embitter

embitter
Synonyms and related words:
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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  • Embitter — Em*bit ter, v. t. To make bitter or sad. See {Imbitter}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • embitter — index affront, alienate (estrange), antagonize, bait (harass), discompose, incense Burton s Legal Th …   Law dictionary

  • embitter — c.1600, from EM (Cf. em ) + BITTER (Cf. bitter). Now rare in its literal sense; figurative meaning first attested 1630s. Related: Embittered …   Etymology dictionary

  • embitter — [v] upset, alienate acerbate, acidulate, aggravate, anger, annoy, bitter, bother, disaffect, disillusion, envenom, exacerbate, exasperate, irritate, make bitter, make resentful, poison, sour, venom, worsen; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. calm, comfort,… …   New thesaurus

  • embitter — ► VERB ▪ make bitter or resentful …   English terms dictionary

  • embitter — [em bit′ər, imbit′ər] vt. 1. to make bitter; make resentful or morose 2. to make more bitter; exacerbate; aggravate embitterment n …   English World dictionary

  • embitter — Imbitter Im*bit ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imbittering}.] [Pref. im in + bitter. Cf. {Embitter}.] [Written also {embitter}.] To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • embitter — transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to excite bitter feelings in < embittered by divorce > 2. to make bitter • embitterment noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • embitter — embitterer, n. embitterment, n. /em bit euhr/, v.t. 1. to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness: Failure has embittered him. 2. to make bitter or more bitter in taste. Also, imbitter. [1595 1605; EM 1 + BITTER] Syn. 1. sour, rankle, envenom. * *… …   Universalium

  • embitter — verb To cause to be bitter …   Wiktionary

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