embitter (verb)

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• embitter — ► VERB ▪ make bitter or resentful …   English terms dictionary

• embitter — verb To cause to be bitter …   Wiktionary

• embitter — verb [usu. as adjective embittered] make bitter or resentful. Derivatives embitterment noun …   English new terms dictionary

• embitter — verb (T) to make someone feel hate and anger for a long time because they think they have been treated unfairly: The incident had embittered relations between the two countries. embittered adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• embitter — transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to excite bitter feelings in < embittered by divorce > 2. to make bitter • embitterment noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• embitter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. sour, envenom, poison, anger, irritate. See resentment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. sour, envenom, rankle, exacerbate; see alienate , anger 1 , bother 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make or… …   English dictionary for students

• embitter — /ɛmˈbɪtə / (say em bituh) verb (t) to make bitter or more bitter. –embitterer, noun –embitterment, noun –embittered, adjective …  

• acidulate — [c]/əˈsɪdʒəleɪt/ (say uh sijuhlayt) verb (acidulated, acidulating) –verb (t) 1. to make somewhat acid. 2. to sour; embitter. –verb (i) 3. to become acid. {acidul(ous) + ate1 (def. 4) –acidulation /əsɪdʒəˈleɪʃən/ (say uhsijuh layshuhn), noun …  

• acerbate — verb 1. cause to be bitter or resentful These injustices embittered her even more • Syn: ↑embitter, ↑envenom • Derivationally related forms: ↑acerbity, ↑embitterment (for: ↑emb …   Useful english dictionary

• rankle — verb /ˈræŋ.kəl/ a) To cause irritation or deep bitterness. b) To fester. Syn: embitter, irritate, fester …   Wiktionary

• acidify — verb a) to make something acid or sour; to convert into an acid; to neutralize alkalis, as to acidify sugar , His thin existence all acidified into rage. Thomas Carlyle b) to sour, to embitter …   Wiktionary