embitterment

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Noun
  • During this car ride, the antagonism between the two men vanishes.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 June 2026
  • Their antagonism peaked at the end of Season 3, when Deborah achieves her dream of landing a late-night chair and Ava blackmails her way into the head-writer job.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • This deeply affecting memoir, which is strung like a wire between the alienation of the assembly line and the dignifying promise of literature, documents his experience.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Mark Kostabi, the American artist whose stylised, mannequin-like figures explore themes of isolation and alienation in the age of technology, is another recurring presence.
    Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • Here, as ever, Kokopeli suggests that clinging to youthful talismans offers no protection against uncertainty, and reasserts the odd mix of disaffection and morbid glee produced by such reactionary impulses.
    Theo Belci, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Showing the disaffection for politics and partisanship in this modern era, each of the last five midterm elections have seen presidents with ratings below 50%.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Capitalist tactics—repetition, decontextualization, estrangement—were put in service of their literal-minded appropriations.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Local authorities recovered his body from the Okanogan River in Washington state on Saturday, May 30, days after his family shared their belief that Matt ended his own life after a history with substance abuse and estrangement from his family.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
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“Embitterment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embitterment. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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