embitter
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Of all the insolence that disturbs society, and puts it in a state of internal warfare, the insolence of fashion wounds and imbitters the most.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas
In cases where no such principle exists, dissatisfaction imbitters the cup of our earthly portion, and all those ambitious feelings which agitate and distress the life of man, acquire an uncontrolled ascendency.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus
Thy succour was ever near when I intimated the least want of it; and it imbitters my own misfortune to know that my rashness has been the cause of your disaster.
From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir
It may readily be imagined that this imbitters the padrone's imprisonment.
From Phil, the Fiddler by Alger, Horatio
Every one knows the disagreeable, lurking discomfort that follows a quarrel—a discomfort that imbitters the very taste of life for the time being.
From Men of Iron by Pyle, Howard
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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