as in to anger
to implant bitter feelings in
the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them
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Recent Examples of embitter
Through those years, Nuggets fans have grown increasingly embittered by Embiid’s absences in Denver, where the teams meet once every season.
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Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2025
But with Republicans gaining control of the House and governor’s mansion the following year, that effort has since gone nowhere — embittering some unions against those who blocked it.
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Antonio Olivo,
Washington Post,
9 June 2023
Most aficionados agree that Monopoly, if not a bad game, is at the very least designed to embitter its players.
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Simon Parkin,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2023
To an extent not seen in a century, America’s two major parties have gone to battle over the rules that govern voting — an intensifying fight that threatens to dominate and embitter the country’s politics.
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Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2021
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Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
17 Jan. 2025
But with Republicans gaining control of the House and governor’s mansion the following year, that effort has since gone nowhere — embittering some unions against those who blocked it.
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Antonio Olivo,
Washington Post,
9 June 2023
Most aficionados agree that Monopoly, if not a bad game, is at the very least designed to embitter its players.
—
Simon Parkin,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2023
To an extent not seen in a century, America’s two major parties have gone to battle over the rules that govern voting — an intensifying fight that threatens to dominate and embitter the country’s politics.
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Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embitter
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The mayor floated the idea to place Williams on probation for six months, angering the city manager’s supporters in the crowd.
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All the spending on the national events angers one supervisor at a Florida airport.
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In Chicago, these questions are interesting and infuriating because the Bulls have no say in the outcome.
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The Iranians moved their training base from Arizona to Mexico, and the team has been required to leave Los Angeles right after both matches, infuriating Ghalenoei.
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Despite his concessions to the SSPX, Francis enraged many Catholic traditionalists by reversing Benedict's relaxation on celebrating the old Latin Mass for the broader Catholic Church.
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The story enraged campus and district officials and played a role in Stapleton’s ousting, despite a later retraction.
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Hathaway’s style of play — gritty, aggressive, antagonizing — fits the mold that those former teammates have carried over to Florida.
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On Monday against the Phoenix Mercury, Clark spent the game peeved at the officials and picked up her fifth technical after clapping in an antagonizing manner toward a rival.
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“Embitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embitter. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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