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Embittered meaning

Deeply hostile, resentful.

Using Embittered

  • The main meaning on this page is: Deeply hostile, resentful.
  • In the example corpus, embittered often appears in combinations such as: embittered by, and embittered, an embittered.

Context around Embittered

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Embittered

  • In this selection, "embittered" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lynch, maya, left, unionist, woman and sci stand out and add context to how "embittered" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 35 was embittered as she and abusive and embittered woman. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "embittered" sits close to words such as aadmi, aang and ably, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with embittered

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

I refuse to become accusatory and embittered. (7 words)

Despite her name, Grelod the Kind is an abusive and embittered woman. (12 words)

But casting Andy as an embittered unionist who hates all things Irish is well wide of the mark. (18 words)

Like Bruce Wayne at his most embittered and dismayed, Aldean denounces small-time urban thugs who “sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk”, “carjack an old lady at a red light” or “pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store”. (41 words)

He said he had always risen in defense of the widows when their cases are brought to his palace for judgment, saying that he feels embittered by to terrible fate some of them go through in some communities outside his jurisdiction. (41 words)

This desperate mother of one carries so much complicated embittered rage that one can’t help but lean in as much as possible as you simultaneously desire to back away out of fear and the instinctual need to protect. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

At the end of the movie, there was even quite a bit of applause, though I don’t know how much of it was genuine and appreciative and how much of it ironic and embittered.

But casting Andy as an embittered unionist who hates all things Irish is well wide of the mark.

Despite her name, Grelod the Kind is an abusive and embittered woman.

Fortune Obhafuoso, 35, was embittered as she gave an account of how her day-old child was taken from her at a Lagos State police formation where detectives investigating high-profile criminal cases are domiciled.

His co-workers are also on the fringes of show business: plucky comedian Casey (), dippy ex-actor Constance (Lynch), embittered sci-fi writer Roman (Martin Starr) and himbo-ish actor-musician Kyle (Ryan Hansen).

If she were to play an emotional type of evil in the future, perhaps she could draw from some of the embittered energy she devotes to Rue.

In “Everywhere an Oink Oink,” which is subtitled “An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood,” Mamet works hard to be epigrammatical.

I refuse to become accusatory and embittered.

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Like Bruce Wayne at his most embittered and dismayed, Aldean denounces small-time urban thugs who “sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk”, “carjack an old lady at a red light” or “pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store”.

Soon, her delicious creations begin a tidal wave of change for the village's inhabitants, including Armande, Vianne's lonely and embittered landlady.

After her father also dies, Maya — embittered and alienated — is groomed for a life of crime by Kingpin and becomes a deadly underworld enforcer.

Paul Hunham––an embittered classics teacher at Barton Academy boarding school forced to spend his Christmas break babysitting abandoned students––is the pinnacle of Paul Giamatti’s incredible career.

Still, those who arrived to watch the tentative performance were left embittered by the abruptness of Saturday night's announcement.

This desperate mother of one carries so much complicated embittered rage that one can’t help but lean in as much as possible as you simultaneously desire to back away out of fear and the instinctual need to protect.

When telling of the ending he helped plan, Kurtz described Luke's end as being "like Clint Eastwood in the " as he walks off alone and embittered.

At 15, within two pages, I was utterly captivated and have never forgotten the enjoyment I got from its story of the gradual thawing of a misjudged and embittered man through the love of a child.

But it’s not losing their parents that embittered Trace and Rafa—and millions of people across the Republic like them, who have lost loved ones to war and conflict—to the Jedi.

Hemingway condoned the assassination, as “necessary in time of war,” while Dos Passos, embittered by the death of his friend, broke away from communism and began his remarkable odyssey to the political right.

He said he had always risen in defense of the widows when their cases are brought to his palace for judgment, saying that he feels embittered by to terrible fate some of them go through in some communities outside his jurisdiction.

His estranged sister, a suspicious co-worker (Eve) and an embittered detective (Mos Def) deliver constant reminders that he doesn’t deserve a second chance.

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Common combinations with embittered

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "embittered" in a sentence?
An example: "At the end of the movie, there was even quite a bit of applause, though I don’t know how much of it was genuine and appreciative and how much of it ironic and embittered." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "embittered" from authentic English texts.
What does "embittered" mean?
Embittered means: Deeply hostile, resentful.
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