He imbitters not a diſtaſtfull meſſage to a forrein Prince by his indiſcretion in delivering it.
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Embitter
//ɪmˈbɪtə//
Synonyms for "embitter" (94 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- вгорчавам verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Esperanto
1 entries- amarigi verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Finnish
2 entries- katkeroittaa verb (to cause (a positive quality or a thing) to become less good or pleasurable; to make (a negative quality or thing) worse or more unpleasant)
- katkeroittaa verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
French
1 entries- aigrir verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Galician
1 entries- picar verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
German
1 entries- verbittern verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Ido
1 entries- bitrigar verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Māori
3 entries- whakakawa verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
- whakakawakawa verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
- whakamauāhara verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Portuguese
1 entries- amargar verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Quechua
1 entries- hayay verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Russian
4 entries- наполня́ть го́речью verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
- озло́бить verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
- озлобля́ть verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
- отрави́ть verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Spanish
1 entries- amargar verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Turkish
1 entries- ekşitmek verb (to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
[I]t is our fond conceits, our froward humors, our perverse behaviors, which do create the trouble, which seemeth adherent to any condition, and embittereth every state; which from any slight occasion doth create vexation, and turneth every event into disaster.
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The Proſpect of Death is ſo gloomy and diſmal, that if it vvere conſtantly before our Eyes, it vvould imbitter all the Svveets of Life.
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Their pleaſures, poor as they vvere, could not be preſerved pure, but vvere embittered by petty competitions and vvorthleſs emulation.
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