embitter

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 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. Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 9 June 2023 But she’s embittered by the long-ago loss of her two children — Paloma, a baseball fan and labor union organizer who disappeared without a trace 40 years ago, and Santiago, a U.S. Army corporal, who was hit by a car. San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 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. Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2021 See All Example Sentences for embitter
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  • Topline Attorney General Pam Bondi has become the chief lightning rod for those on the right angered by the Department of Justice’s lack of new information regarding disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein—a subject of extensive right-wing conspiracies—with some calling for her firing.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • But many of the Blues’ outings have been unpleasant because of high temperatures and storms, and six games across the tournament have been paused for poor weather conditions, angering manager Enzo Maresca.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 8 July 2025
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  • Trump left Washington in January 2021 infuriated with Netanyahu, bitter that the Israeli leader had backed out of a planned joint operation to assassinate an Iranian general and had congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 8 July 2025
  • But his veto of an affordable housing bill that had been drafted largely to his specifications infuriated lawmakers.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
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  • The borderline third-strike call enraged Mets manager Carlos Mendoza, who erupted from the dugout and was quickly ejected for arguing.
    Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
  • Massie enraged the president by opposing Trump's continuing resolution that would keep the government operating.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025
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  • In a brief Instagram post, 50 Cent — who has decades-long beef with Combs and repeatedly antagonized him over the course of the trial — joked about the Bad Boy Records founder being acquitted of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 July 2025
  • For their part, the Saudis might prefer not to antagonize the Iranian government given the recent rapprochement between the two or out a desire to avoid antagonizing a nuclear-armed neighbor.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

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“Embitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embitter. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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