Synonyms for embitter
- verb
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause (a positive quality such as happiness, or a thing such as an activity or one's life) to become less good or pleasurable; also, to make (a negative quality, or thing such as a disagreement) worse or more unpleasant.
Related words
- Word family
- embittered embitterment embetter
Forms
- Past participle
- embittered
e.g. embittered → provoked, inflamed, envenomed, acerbated…
Example sentences
- sour Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
- incense She likes to burn incense while practising yoga.
By length
- 3 letters
- vex1
- 4 letters
- sour2, rile1
- 5 letters
- annoy2, rouse1, pique1, peeve1
- 6 letters
- madden2, nettle2, enrage2, rankle2
- 7 letters
- outrage2, provoke2, incense2, inflame2, envenom
- 8 letters
- irritate3, acerbate
- 9 letters
- aggravate3, infuriate4
- 10 letters
- exacerbate4, exasperate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sour2 = 2 syllables).