embitter

/ɛmˈbɪtər/

Other forms: embittered; embittering; embitters

To embitter to make someone bitter, resentful, or angry. People are embittered by disappointing and unfair experiences.

Life is often difficult, painful, and unfair. When bad things happen, they can embitter people. When you're embittered, your mood and attitude have soured. Losing your job unfairly will embitter you. Getting insulted will embitter you. Facing discrimination will embitter you. Some people are more prone to being embittered than others, but everyone gets embittered sometimes. When something or someone embitters you, you feel resentful and long for revenge.

Definitions of embitter

1. verb

   cause to be bitter or resentful
   “These injustices embittered her even more”

   synonyms: acerbate, envenom