embitter
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The plan, if it passes in its original form, could lead to legal measures that would embitter the everyday lives of the migrants and, critics say, make their stay in Israel intolerable.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
Mr. Cross “never condoned the kidnappers,” his son-in-law said, but neither did he allow “what they did to embitter him or eat into his enjoyment of life thereafter.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2021
Hardship did not embitter Lucy Larcom, and she never lost her love of books and gift for poetry.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
But she did not let the experience diminish or embitter her.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2014
In this way a trifle may be swelled into importance; a mole-hill may become a mountain; and a slight affront may embitter the feelings of future years.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza
Vocabulary lists containing embitter
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: en-, em-
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Novel Study: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Chapters 1–6
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The Devil in the White City
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