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
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
Many of the impulsive political intrusions by technology companies have done more to embitter American debate than to clean it up.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
In other words, impeachment embittered both sides —and also created a lot of winners, politically, many of them from Texas.
—Tom Benning, Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2020
While work can form a core part of a person’s identity, worklessness can depress and embitter.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020
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Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2021
Many of the impulsive political intrusions by technology companies have done more to embitter American debate than to clean it up.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
In other words, impeachment embittered both sides —and also created a lot of winners, politically, many of them from Texas.
—Tom Benning, Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2020
While work can form a core part of a person’s identity, worklessness can depress and embitter.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embitter
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But in a surprising twist — one that angered Judge Timothy Fancourt — both sides on Tuesday asked for more time to thrash out a deal.—
Max Taylor,
NBC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Otherwise, the only other fix is charging more, which presents the risk of angering customers and decreasing revenue.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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The proposals infuriated members of the Freedom Caucus, many of whom had engaged in those kind of rebellious actions over the past two years.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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And coming around once every four years to beg for votes is both insulting and infuriating.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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The non-call on the play left Flyers coach John Tortorella, who is notoriously known for wearing his emotions on his sleeve, enraged.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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But while presidents in both parties saw this as a necessity to prevent more conflicts within the Western Hemisphere, the idea of giving the canal to Panama enraged the right.—
Aaron Coy Moulton / Made by History,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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Another passenger pressed the train's call button, antagonizing one of the people fighting.—
Monica Eng,
Axios,
7 Jan. 2025
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But rather than strengthen and harness the power of Western economies, the first Trump administration and then the Biden administration sometimes actively antagonized them, including with tariffs that have strained relationships with allies and tested the patience of American consumers.—
Mitch McConnell,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Embitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embitter. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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