transitive verb. To make bitter in flavor.

transitive verb. To arouse bitter feelings in.

To make bitter or more bitter.

To affect with biterness or unhappiness; make distressful or grievous: as, the sins of youth often embitter old age.

To render more violent or malignant; exasperate.

transitive verb. To make bitter or sad. See imbitter.

verb. To cause to be bitter.

verb. cause to be bitter or resentful

"Yet he was a boy among boys, too; he loved to swim, to skate, to fish, to forage, and passionately, above all, he loved to hunt; but in everything he held himself in check, that he might hold the younger boys in check; and my boy often repaid his conscientious vigilance with hard words and hard names, such as embitter even the most self-forgiving memories."

Ritter  Sitter  aglitter  bitter  chitter  

anti-abortion  anti-bush  anti-vietnam  diametrical  dote  

acerbate  afflict  agent provocateur  aggravate  aggrieve  

imbitter  

embittered  embittering  embitters