embittered
Example Sentences
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Just make sure you don’t become so aggrieved or embittered that you let it affect your job performance.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Yet the collapse of Reconstruction in 1877 and the rise of Jim Crow left him embittered, mourning the rollback of hard-won rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
The anguish that erupts during this “Rose’s Turn” represents more than the built-up sorrow of one embittered woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
Set in 1872, Forsaken, focuses on embittered gunslinger John Henry Clayton's return to his hometown and his attempts to build bridges with his estranged father.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
His great dismay at the announcement of Major Major’s appointment as squadron commander was tinged with an embittered resentment he made no effort to conceal.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
