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adjective

Definition of embitterednext
as in angry
having or showing deep-seated resentment gradually the embittered woman realized that her lingering feelings of hatred were slowly destroying her

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embittered

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verb

past tense of embitter
as in enraged
to implant bitter feelings in the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embittered
  1. angry
  2. enraged
  3. cynical
  4. resentful
  5. angered
  6. sore
  7. bitter
  8. acrimonious
Adjective
  • However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.
    Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • But his future was in question after the party suffered its worst election defeat in more than a decade, losing support from voters angry about corruption scandals and the rising cost of living.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of angry
Verb
  • Others enraged by Bobba’s comments targeted the founders online — a response Liu has since condemned.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • And that has enraged the country.
    NBC News, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of enraged
Adjective
  • Despite Democrats framing this election as a battle over the fate of democracy, their refusal to give any ground to pro-lifers revealed the whole message as a cynical scam.
    Paul Macrae, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Grotesque inequalities of income, wealth, opportunity, and power have caused most Americans to feel angry, surly, cynical, and ready to take a wrecking ball to the whole system.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of cynical
Adjective
  • However, acquiescing to such requests could create discord among other team members, who might feel deceived and resentful toward the employee who seemingly entered the organization under different pretenses.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • At the same time, Elphaba is established as a cruelly mocked outcast, her relationship with Glinda starting on a mutually resentful note when they are obliged to share a room.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of resentful
Verb
  • The trip to Moscow angered EU and NATO leaders, and Jens Stoltenberg, then the secretary general of the transatlantic defense alliance, said Orbán's visit did not represent the bloc or its Ukraine policies.
    Ibrahim Aksoy, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • China’s military exercises around Taiwan, a democracy of 23 million people, have become increasingly frequent in recent years and have tended to coincide with events that have angered Beijing.
    Wayne Chang, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of angered
Adjective
  • Albeit flat, the insoles are lightly padded, which keeps our feet from feeling sore by the end of the day.
    Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • By day, hit the powder, then relieve sore muscles at the spa.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of sore
Adjective
  • That will come as a bitter blow to the workers affected.
    The Week UK, theweek, 10 Nov. 2024
  • In a bitter twist of fate, Trump made these remarks about Xi on the day that Liu Xiaobo died.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of bitter
Adjective
  • Evans, a software engineer, ran an acrimonious campaign filled with insults and attacks.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Money has also poured into this acrimonious race as Steel has questioned Tran’s proficiency in Vietnamese — an important point for the district’s influential bloc of Vietnamese voters — and sought to link him to the Chinese Community Party in ads.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of acrimonious
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