embitter

embitter
embitterer, n.embitterment, n.
/em bit"euhr/, v.t.
1. to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness: Failure has embittered him.
2. to make bitter or more bitter in taste.
Also, imbitter.
[1595-1605; EM-1 + BITTER]
Syn. 1. sour, rankle, envenom.

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