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Synonyms for embittered

Grammar : Adj

Spell : em-bit-er

Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbɪt ər

Définition of embittered

Origin : c.1600, from em- + bitter. Now rare in its literal sense; figurative meaning first attested 1630s. Related: Embittered.

adj resentful

Example sentences :

But the course of his life had reacted on others and embittered their existence.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

But the Wee Folk were under a cloud; sceptical hints had embittered the chalice.
Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame

But he lived on, embittered, vengeful, with gall in his veins instead of blood.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

I'd sooner be dead and buried than let my life be embittered so by my property.
Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind

Besides, he is embittered thereby, and only the more likely to refuse.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

It said much for him that its absence neither soured nor embittered him.
Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed

Hence the curse of service was embittered by a sense of injustice.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) » by John Morley

By my defeat in that typical contest I was disheartened, embittered,—and ruined.
Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips

For fourteen days you have behaved in such a way to me as has embittered my life; and why?
Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer

Domestic griefs were now embittered by political resentments.
Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard

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