Embitter

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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, or malignant.
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           Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of
           this life than shame?                    --South.
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           Imbittered against each other by former contests.
                                                    --Bancroft.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embitter \Em*bit"ter\, v. t.
     To make bitter or sad. See {Imbitter}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  embitter
       v : cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices
           embittered her even more" [syn: {envenom}, {acerbate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "embitter":
     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