Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

embittering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-bit-ter-ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Causing one to feel embittered.

verb

present participle and gerund of embitter

noun

Example Sentences

"It was a very embittering experience, the climax to what had been for Tony anger and rage with the military way of doing things."
"The more openly this despotism proclaims gain to be its end and aim, the more petty, the more hateful, the more embittering it is."
"It was a very embittering moment, just a few years before, he was the star to the faculty, and now they wouldn't hire him because he was black."

Inflected Forms

more embittering (comparative) most embittering (superlative) embitterings (plural)

Derived Forms

embitteringly

Questions

What does embittering mean?: Causing one to feel embittered.

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