Verb (used with object) : Failure has embittered him. From Dictionary.com.
I can attest that curbing your own ambitions to satisfy the embittered is a losing proposition. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Higher Ed] Reference
They are possibly a trifle embittered, which is an excellent demeanour for mankind in the face of inscrutable heaven. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Bookshop] Reference
He got kind of embittered because he didn't really get smacked in the face with prejudice until he became 18. From Wordnik.com. [Mud Soldiers: Life Inside the New American Army] Reference
You've got to admit there's a few 'embittered' males come out the woodwork on the gender wars on the BJ blog recently. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Valentines Day I Don`t Think] Reference
At the moment, it's like we're all kind of embittered he hid himself so long ago, and annoyed at his unceasing litigation during life. From Wordnik.com. [A point about Salinger - Colby Cosh - Macleans.ca] Reference
First of all, I am not an "embittered" airline employee, so don't characterize me. From Wordnik.com. [The Cranky Flier] Reference
Got carried away there. but you will find yourself doin 'it soon enough and you'll be a lot less "embittered" after I bet. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Campus] Reference
And if he stays and doesn't get what he wants, he will be 'embittered' and then vote against them on close votes out of spite. From Wordnik.com. [Blogometer] Reference
"Only that I shall not be buried in a bankrupt's grave," the suppliant answered, with a kind of embittered eagerness of utterance. From Wordnik.com. [The Market-Place] Reference
"embittered" by alienation from his Lord, as to be a cause around him of. From Wordnik.com. [Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews] Reference
What happens as those embittered souls return to society?. From Wordnik.com. [The Prison Paradox] Reference
Or turn embittered and let her heart fill with hate and anger. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Just Cloning Around] Reference
But the radicalism he found there frightened and embittered him. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Benedict XVI] Reference
Many readers were embittered by the Supreme Court's final ruling. From Wordnik.com. [Letters] Reference
An embittered country was torn asunder by Civil War in the late 1930s. From Wordnik.com. [The New Faces Of Spain] Reference
But we still feel embittered and confused that it hasn't materialized. From Wordnik.com. [How Our American Dream Unraveled] Reference
People are embittered, divided, numbed by the litany of tragedies and lies. From Wordnik.com. [Terror vs. Justice] Reference
But an embittered, underappreciated Sarkozy might be tempted not to cooperate. From Wordnik.com. [Sarkozy’s Obama Envy] Reference
Your experience shall not be embittered by being told what to do and what not to do. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
Barack Obama may be the most embittered American president any of us has experienced. From Wordnik.com. [A President's Class War] Reference
At war's end, Shelby led an embittered expedition of perhaps a thousand men to Mexico. From Wordnik.com. [A Renegade and His Regrets] Reference
Apparently, he's embittered and calling for an overthrow of our constitutional system. From Wordnik.com. [Behind Bars, Russian Tycoon Makes Bid For Freedom] Reference
I do not wonder at all that many of these persons become soured and embittered and jealous. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
Let's say that Clinton supporters are feeling embittered and inclined to sit on their hands. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary’s New Math Problem] Reference
While rivals must answer to an embittered and cautious market, Armani answers only to himself. From Wordnik.com. [Armani After All] Reference
Ah! how they embittered and spoiled that man of magnificent achievements and sublime possibilities!. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
He depicts an embittered and sometimes lonely man, playing solitaire while he makes late-night calls. From Wordnik.com. [Two Men, One Choice] Reference
After a brief moment of optimism, the United States backed away and Middle Eastern democrats grew embittered. From Wordnik.com. [How to Save Democracy] Reference
But "The Real Thing," now showing at London's Donmar Warehouse, is a real love story, albeit an embittered one. From Wordnik.com. [Show Time] Reference
Except for a couple of embittered slacker years at a Honolulu private school, this fits with his whole life story. From Wordnik.com. ['The Audacity of Hope'] Reference
In all likelihood, the Sunnis will not be able to defeat the constitution, which means they will be further embittered. From Wordnik.com. [Exploit Rifts in The Insurgency] Reference
For the first time since he returned home from Vietnam a dazed and embittered Army veteran in May 1971, his future is unclear. From Wordnik.com. [Al Eyes The Future] Reference
Senior members of the ruling LDP, embittered by the Hata faction's betrayal, were quick to question the group's highminded claims. From Wordnik.com. [Turning Up The Heat] Reference
Enraged and embittered, liberal women plan to use the events of the last week to inspire long-term changes in the political process. From Wordnik.com. [Dividing Lines] Reference
Their two twentysomething sons, Jamie and Edmund, are embittered and stunted by their father's tyranny and their mother's addiction. From Wordnik.com. [Theater Review: 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'] Reference
The Moralizing Front -- one of whose leaders is Fujimori's embittered ex-wife -- got hold of the videotape and released it two weeks ago. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Of Secrets] Reference
"Not only have we validated and emboldened our enemies, but we have shamed our friends," says an embittered U.S. State Department official. From Wordnik.com. [The Wars Through Arab Eyes] Reference
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