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embitter

C2 verb

embitter /əmˈbɪtəɹ/ nghĩa là làm xấu đi, làm tồi tệ hơn

Các nghĩa

  1. làm xấu đi, làm tồi tệ hơn

    To cause (a positive quality such as happiness, or a thing such as an activity or one's life) to become less good or pleasurable; also, to make (a negative quality, or thing such as a disagreement) worse or more unpleasant.

    figuratively · transitive

    He imbitters not a diſtaſtfull meſſage to a forrein Prince by his indiſcretion in delivering it.

    The Proſpect of Death is ſo gloomy and diſmal, that if it vvere conſtantly before our Eyes, it vvould imbitter all the Svveets of Life.

    Their pleaſures, poor as they vvere, could not be preſerved pure, but vvere embittered by petty competitions and vvorthleſs emulation.

  2. làm cay đắng, làm phẫn nộ

    To cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly; to envenom.

    figuratively · transitive

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