"embitter" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-us-embitter.ogg [US] Forms: embitters [present, singular, third-person], embittering [participle, present], embittered [participle, past], embittered [past]
Etymology: From em- + bitter. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|bitter|alt1=em}} em- + bitter Head templates: {{en-verb}} embitter (third-person singular simple present embitters, present participle embittering, simple past and past participle embittered)
  1. (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to be bitter. Tags: transitive Synonyms: imbitter [obsolete] Derived forms: embittered Related terms: embetter, acerbate Translations (to cause (someone or something) to be bitter): вгорчавам (vgorčavam) (Bulgarian), amarigi (Esperanto), katkeroittaa (Finnish), aigrir (French), picar (Galician), bitrigar (Ido), whakakawa (Maori), whakakawakawa (Maori), whakamauāhara (Maori), amargar (Portuguese), hayay (Quechua), озлобля́ть (ozlobljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), раздража́ть (razdražátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), наполнять impf го́речью (napolnjatʹ) [feminine] (Russian), отравля́ть (otravljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), amargar (Spanish), ekşitmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-embitter-en-verb-FatQcU3K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-

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