imbitter
/əmˈbɪtəɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Sometimes it [pride] ſtirreth vp men, and imboldeneth them to offer vvrongs: ſometimes imbittereth men; and maketh them vvayvvard againſt the right: […]"
- "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."
- "The superstition of the people was not imbittered by any mixture of theological rancor; nor was it confined by the chains of any speculative system."
- "[T]hat monſtrous fiction, vvhich, by inſpiring falſe ideas and vain expectations into men deſtined to travel in the obſcure vvalk of laborious life, ſerves only to aggravate and imbitter that real inequality, vvhich it never can remove; […]"
- "It is with extreme reluctance that I dwell upon the appalling scene which ensued; a scene which, with its minutest details, no after events have been able to efface in the slightest degree from my memory, and whose stern recollection will imbitter every future moment of my existence."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əmˈbɪtəɹ/
- British English: /ɪmˈbɪtə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
imbitters (present, singular)
imbittering (participle, present)
imbittered (participle, past)
imbittered (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
imbittered (first person, past)
imbitterest (archaic, present)
imbittered (past, second person)
imbitteredst (archaic, past)
imbittereth (archaic, present)
imbittered (past, singular)