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Imbitter  v. t.  (past & past part. imbittered; pres. part. imbittering)  (Written also embitter)  To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. "Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame?" "Imbittered against each other by former contests."






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"Imbitter" Quotes from Famous Books



... before him, the very impersonation of all the vices against which he used to warn me—how exhibit the utter failure of all his teachings and his hopes? What would this be but to imbitter his reflections needlessly. Such were the specious reasons with which I fed my self-love, and satisfied my conscience; but now, as I read his name in that terrible catalogue, their plausibility served me no longer, and at last I forgot myself to ...
— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. • Various



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