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embittering

embittering adjective: causing one to feel embittered. Also the present participle and gerund of embitter.

Adjective

embittering (comparative more embittering, superlative most embittering)

  1. Causing one to feel embittered.
    • It was a very embittering experience, the climax to what had been for Tony anger and rage with the military way of doing things.2011, David Evanier, All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett
    • The more openly this despotism proclaims gain to be its end and aim, the more petty, the more hateful, the more embittering it is.2012, Joel J. Kupperman, Theories of Human Nature and Human Nature, page 209

Noun

embittering (plural embitterings)

  1. embitterment

Also used as

embittering is also the present participle and gerund of embitter.

Forms of embittering

Adjective
comparativemore embittering
superlativemost embittering
Noun
pluralembitterings

Words formed from embittering

Questions about embittering

What does embittering mean?
Embittering means causing one to feel embittered.
What part of speech is embittering?
Embittering can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near embittering in the dictionary

  1. embitteredness
  2. embitterer
  3. embitterers
  4. embitterest
  5. embittereth
  6. embittering
  7. embitteringly
  8. embitterings
  9. embitterment
  10. embitterments
  11. embitters

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