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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embitter
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In light of Collins recently being hospitalized for knee surgery, his fans were actually jarred and angered by an AI image of McCartney supposedly visiting him under far more dire circumstances.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Russia stood back when Azerbaijan reclaimed control of Karabakh in the September 2023 offensive, angering Armenia, which has moved to shed Russian influence and turn westward.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Aug. 2025
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Humorists can infuriate the checkers, who recognize that even funny nonfiction has to be completely real; it’s held to the same standard as anything else.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Some worked on matters that have long infuriated Trump, like the intelligence community assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election on his behalf.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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That, however, might send the yuan tumbling in ways that enrage Trump.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Chair Jerome Powell has warned that worsening inflation could keep the Fed on the sidelines — a stance that has enraged Trump, who has defied traditional norms of central bank independence and demanded lower borrowing costs.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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Like Napoleon’s France avant tout, the recent reversion to America First is antagonizing allies everywhere.—
S. C. M. Paine,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Markel said that while he and his wife, Christy, have been antagonized by wheelie riders, his view of the subgroup has changed over time.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Embitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embitter. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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