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embittered

/em-bit-er/US // ɛmˈbɪt ər //UK // (ɪmˈbɪtə) //

愤世嫉俗,愤恨的,愤慨的,愤恨

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness: Failure has embittered him.
    • : to make bitter or more bitter in taste.

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Examples

  • Being mad about growing up an embittered, socially isolated nerd.

  • Those who remained became increasingly embittered—and determined to mount a new challenge against the regime.

  • A victor splintered and embittered, careening into the Third Reich.

  • Their coalition seemed to have dwindled to an embittered band of older white Southern men.

  • The wife is an embittered, odious, and vigilant presence in the house.

  • And a severe, embittered struggle then took place in a heart that seemed strangely divided against itself.

  • How would the involuntary accusation have been embittered, had he known that the Empress drew the same conclusion!

  • And she had struggled valiantly against becoming an embittered old maid; in the main, had succeeded.

  • Her touch-word, 'scissors,' spoiled his finest bon mots, and embittered his grandest entertainment—it was flame to tow.

  • Prussia was regaining her strength too rapidly; her embittered hostility was an ever-increasing menace.