Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embitter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embitter \Em*bit"ter\, v. t.
To make bitter or sad. See {Imbitter}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Imbitter \Im*bit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imbittered}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Imbittering}.] [Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf.
{Embitter}.] [Written also {embitter}.]
To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more
distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant.
Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of
this life than shame? --South.
Imbittered against each other by former contests.
--Bancroft.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embitter
v : cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices
embittered her even more" [syn: {envenom}, {acerbate}]
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