embitter
pronunciation
How to pronounce embitter in British English:
UK [ɪmˈbɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce embitter in American English:
US [ɛmˈbɪtɚ]
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- Verb:
- cause to be bitter or resentful
Word Origin
- embitter (v.)
- c. 1600, from em- (1) + bitter (adj.). Now rare in its literal sense; figurative meaning first attested 1630s. Related: Embittered; embitterment.
Example
- 1. Internment camps had done nothing to harden or embitter her .
- 2. The loss of all his money embitter the old man .
- 3. Fathers , do not embitter your children , or they will become discouraged .
- 4. Such catastrophe was of course likely to embitter the french nation .
- 5. If israel 's purpose was to enrage and embitter a generation of us who seek a just and lasting peace , then its assault was a wild success .