as in angry
having or showing deep-seated resentment
gradually the embittered woman realized that her lingering feelings of hatred were slowly destroying her
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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 embittered
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
So that journey from being an embittered, grumpy, individual turns into something incredibly progressive, beautiful and quite life-affirming.
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Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
14 June 2026
Chiwetel Ejiofor plays an embittered furniture store owner who discovers a passage into the mundane alt-space, eventually drawing two young employees and his therapist, played by fellow Oscar nominee Renate Reinsve, into also braving its potential dangers.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
8 June 2026
One of their children, Vivian Jenna Wilson, has been outspoken about her embittered relationship with her father.
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Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Fitton-Brown says most Uyghur fighters in Syria were largely recruited from embittered Uyghur exiles who had never been to Afghanistan or Pakistan.
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Emily Feng,
NPR,
17 May 2026
The latest twist in the embittered legal feud follows Semafor’s reporting that press releases sent by Musk lawyer Marc Toberoff — which used to come from a PR firm — are now being sent by WME.
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Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
8 Apr. 2026
That would leave a weakened but embittered regime possibly more determined than ever to make a nuclear bomb – and still with the material and much of the knowledge and equipment needed to do so.
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Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
These contradictions—colored by her prickly, embittered judgments—make Night Night Fawn a pleasure to read.
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Isle McElroy,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
Here, the situation has changed, leaving many of the gods either hardened or embittered by the conflict.
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Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Paul Giamatti playing a man who has grown increasingly embittered but is soft at his core?
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
So that journey from being an embittered, grumpy, individual turns into something incredibly progressive, beautiful and quite life-affirming.
—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
14 June 2026
Chiwetel Ejiofor plays an embittered furniture store owner who discovers a passage into the mundane alt-space, eventually drawing two young employees and his therapist, played by fellow Oscar nominee Renate Reinsve, into also braving its potential dangers.
—
The Week Us,
TheWeek,
8 June 2026
One of their children, Vivian Jenna Wilson, has been outspoken about her embittered relationship with her father.
—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Fitton-Brown says most Uyghur fighters in Syria were largely recruited from embittered Uyghur exiles who had never been to Afghanistan or Pakistan.
—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
17 May 2026
The latest twist in the embittered legal feud follows Semafor’s reporting that press releases sent by Musk lawyer Marc Toberoff — which used to come from a PR firm — are now being sent by WME.
—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
8 Apr. 2026
That would leave a weakened but embittered regime possibly more determined than ever to make a nuclear bomb – and still with the material and much of the knowledge and equipment needed to do so.
—
Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
These contradictions—colored by her prickly, embittered judgments—make Night Night Fawn a pleasure to read.
—
Isle McElroy,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
Alito came out a winner, but still embittered.
—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
Here, the situation has changed, leaving many of the gods either hardened or embittered by the conflict.
—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embittered
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The Commission ultimately left it at 400 feet, prompting an intense reaction from the angry crowd.
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Some of the women who were angry contacted the SFMOMA not simply to share feedback, but to try to ensure Bahr could never work with the institution again.
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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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The film’s director, uptight Euro expat Max (Christoph Waltz), is initially enraged by their hijacking of the shoot, but his studio fatcat bosses (both voiced by Jeff Bridges) love the unhinged results.
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Traditionally cynical and perceptive commentators—not to mention a lot of tired citizens—found themselves, in some accounts, overcome by an unexpected wave of patriotic sentimentality that washed away, at least for a moment, their gnawing doubts.
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Heston is at his most gleefully cynical as Robert Thorn, a police detective who lives and works in a New York City decimated by environmental deterioration and dwindling resources.
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When my friends found relief, they were thrilled—and infuriated.
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By the second half, the two teams meandering about the pitch infuriated everyone not on the pitch.
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From coast to coast, the people of the United States are growing resentful of AI.
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But there have been many groups in music history where the woman becomes the face of the group and the guys get resentful.
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Though both agree that in real life, Berlant would fit in more easily than Early, who, during a break from the shoot, angered a trio of local Hamptonites merely by using the bathroom at a Citarella.
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Though net migration is down, many are angered by migrants entering the country illegally — specifically the sight of people, often escaping war zones such as Afghanistan and Sudan, arriving on British shores in inflatable boats after making the dangerous journey across the English Channel.
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Near the middle of the group stands a pint-size teenage Vicky, pale and bleach-blond, sticking out like a sore thumb.
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Behind her stood an image of a rendering of a permanent memorial honoring the 98 collapse victims that has yet to materialize, a sore subject that was mentioned several times during the event, along with condolences, family memories and words of encouragement.
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But to pay that extra and miss out on one of Samsung’s best hardware inventions in years would be a bitter pill to swallow.
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Many Lebanese also have bitter memories of the decades of Syrian occupation of Lebanon, which began during the Lebanese civil war, initially at the request of Lebanese authorities and with the backing of Arab states, ending in 2005.
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