embitter
Example Sentences
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Yet the collapse of Reconstruction in 1877 and the rise of Jim Crow left him embittered, mourning the rollback of hard-won rights.
Rapp plays the part of a lover embittered by the lingering presence of a third party in her relationship.
From Los Angeles Times
He has bragged and bullied in a way that has shamed America, insulted Iran and embittered Muslims throughout the world.
From Salon
The anguish that erupts during this “Rose’s Turn” represents more than the built-up sorrow of one embittered woman.
From Los Angeles Times
It is from that embittered class that authoritarian populism gets its followers.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
