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embitter

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em·bit·ter  (m-btr)
tr.v. em·bit·tered, em·bit·ter·ing, em·bit·ters
1. To make bitter in flavor.
2. To arouse bitter feelings in: was embittered by years of unrewarded labor.

em·bitter·ment n.
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Verb1.embitter - cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"
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embitter [ɪmˈbɪtəʳ] vt [+ person] → amargar [+ relationship]; envenenar
embitter [ɪmˈbɪtəʳ] vtaigrir; envenimer
embitter [ɪmˈbɪtəʳ] vtverbittern
embitter [ɪmˈbɪtəʳ] vtamareggiare; inasprire

embitter
v embitter [imˈbitə]
to make bitter and resentful embittered by poverty and failure.verbitterيُمَرِّر، يُنَكِّد، يُنَغِّصвгорчавамroztrpčitforbitreverbittertπικραίνωamargarkibestamaتلخکام کردن؛ بر تلخی چیزی افزودنkatkeroittaaaigrirלְמָרֵרकड़वाहट पैदा करनाzagorčitiel-, megkeserítmempersulitgera beiskanamareggiare, inasprireつらくする괴롭히다, 분격시키다sukelti kartėlį, apkartintisarūgtinātmempersulitverbitterengjøre bitterrozgoryczyćamargurara înrăiозлоблятьroztrpčiť(za)grenitiozlojeditiförbittraทำให้ผู้อื่นขมขื่นküstürmek, dünyadan nefret ettirmek使受苦, 使難受отруювати; озлоблятиمخالفت پر اکساناlàm cay đắng

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But every circumstance that could embitter such an evil seemed uniting to heighten the misery of Marianne in a final separation from Willoughby--in an immediate and irreconcilable rupture with him.
If it is a feminine delusion, leave us to enjoy it while we may, for without it half the beauty and the romance of life is lost, and sorrowful forebodings would embitter all our hopes of the brave, tenderhearted little lads, who still love their mothers better than themselves and are not ashamed to own it.
In this address at Madison I took the ground that the policy to be pursued with references to the races was, by every honourable means, to bring them together and to encourage the cultivation of friendly relations, instead of doing that which would embitter.
 
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