embitter
verb/ɪmˈbɪtə(r)/
/ɪmˈbɪtər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they embitter | /ɪmˈbɪtə(r)/ /ɪmˈbɪtər/ |
| he / she / it embitters | /ɪmˈbɪtəz/ /ɪmˈbɪtərz/ |
| past simple embittered | /ɪmˈbɪtəd/ /ɪmˈbɪtərd/ |
| past participle embittered | /ɪmˈbɪtəd/ /ɪmˈbɪtərd/ |
| -ing form embittering | /ɪmˈbɪtərɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbɪtərɪŋ/ |
- embitter somebody to make somebody feel angry or disappointed about something over a long period of time
- Years of caring for her ageing parents had embittered her.
- They were becoming deeply embittered by the government’s lack of concern.
- What had embittered them most of all was their exclusion from the judicial process.
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