Embittered Meaning

/ɛˈmbɪtərd/
C1

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adjDeeply hostile, resentful.

"an embittered enemy"
"[…] they were opposed to it on grounds that were at once legal, political, historical, personal, geographical, and mixed; the whole combination of causes operating of necessity to make the opposition an embittered one."— 1884, John William Wallace, An Old Philadelphian: Colonel William Bradford, the Patriot Printer of 1776. Sketches of His Life, page 141:

verbsimple past and past participle of embitter

That guy's very embittered.
Tom was an embittered old man who was weary of life.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Years of unfair treatment at work left the employee feeling ____ and cynical.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The loss of his job left him feeling very ____ and angry.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
Years of unfair treatment at work left the employee feeling ____ and cynical.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The loss of his job left him feeling very ____ and angry.

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