embitter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɪtə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛm-/
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• General-American: /əmˈbɪtəɹ/
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• General-American: /ɛm-/
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• General-American: [-ɾəɹ]
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• rhymes with -ɪtə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 M B IH1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From em- (variant of the suffix en- with the sense ‘to become’) + bitter.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: katkeroittaa — to cause (a positive quality or a thing) to become less good or pleasurable; to make (a negative quality or thing) worse or more unpleasant
• Bulgarian: вгорчавам (vgorčavam) — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Esperanto: amarigi — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Finnish: katkeroittaa — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• French: aigrir — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Galician: picar — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• German: verbittern — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Ido: bitrigar — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Māori: whakakawa — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Māori: whakakawakawa — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Māori: whakamauāhara — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Portuguese: amargar — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Quechua: hayay — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Russian: наполня́ть го́речью (napolnjátʹ górečʹju) — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Russian: отравля́ть (otravljátʹ) — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Russian: отрави́ть (otravítʹ) — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Russian: озлобля́ть (ozlobljátʹ) — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Russian: озло́бить (ozlóbitʹ) — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Russian: раздража́ть (razdražátʹ) — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Russian: раздражи́ть (razdražítʹ) — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Spanish: amargar — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly
• Turkish: ekşitmek — to cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly