'Embitter' definitions:
Definition of 'embitter'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Embitter'
From: GCIDE
- Embitter \Em*bit"ter\, v. t. To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'embitter'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame? --South. [1913 Webster]
- Imbittered against each other by former contests. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'embitter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acerbate,
- afflict,
- agent provocateur,
- aggravate,
- aggrieve,
- alienate,
- amplify,
- anguish,
- annoy,
- antagonize,
- arouse,
- augment,
- bitter,
- break down,
- bring to tears,
- bristle,
- build up,
- chafe,
- crush,
- cut up,
- damage,
- deepen,
- desolate,
- deteriorate,
- dilapidate,
- draw tears,
- endamage,
- enhance,
- enlarge,
- envenom,
- estrange,
- exacerbate,
- exasperate,
- fret,
- grieve,
- harm,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hot up,
- huff,
- hurt,
- impair,
- incense,
- increase,
- inflame,
- infuriate,
- injure,
- intensify,
- inundate,
- irritate,
- madden,
- magnify,
- make acute,
- make worse,
- miff,
- nettle,
- oppress,
- overwhelm,
- peeve,
- pique,
- prostrate,
- provoke,
- put back,
- rankle,
- rile,
- roil,
- ruffle,
- set against,
- set at odds,
- set up,
- sharpen,
- sorrow,
- sour,
- stir the blood,
- stir up,
- torment,
- vex,
- weaken,
- work up,
- worsen