Antonyms for embitter
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : em-bit-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbɪt ər |
Definition of embitter
Origin :- c.1600, from em- + bitter. Now rare in its literal sense; figurative meaning first attested 1630s. Related: Embittered.
- verb upset, alienate
- He has had much to embitter him,' he murmured, and straightway fainted again.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- What would this be but to embitter his reflections needlessly.
- Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
- I care not what turn the thing may take; I 'll not embitter my life with this reflection.'
- Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
- Lorand did not wish to embitter the poor girl by laughing in her face at her simplicity.
- Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
- And I will embitter thy life, and poison it, first: and then I will take it away.
- Extract from : « The Substance of a Dream » by F. W. Bain
- I embitter your life, and you make—perhaps you cannot make mine happy.
- Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
- Reflect that you may gladden and beautify your lives, or embitter them, according as you now act.
- Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
- Its effect was to so embitter Palmer that he set about getting rid of Jake at once.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- The outbreak of hostilities often tends to embitter the strife of parties.
- Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
- It might embitter it all, but it could never prevent him from the outward act.
- Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field
Synonyms for embitter
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