embitter

Verb

Verb Forms: embittered, embittering, embitters

To make someone feel bitter or resentful.
cause to be bitter or resentful
- "These injustices embittered her even more"
To cause (something) to be or taste bitter; to bitter.
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.
To cause (someone or their feelings) to become more angry, resentful, or unfriendly; to envenom.

Examples

Losing by a single point can really embitter a Scrabble player’s mood.

Origin / Etymology

From em- (variant of the suffix en- with the sense ‘to become’) + bitter.

Synonyms

acerbate, envenom

Scrabble Score: 12

embitter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
embitter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
embitter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

embitter: valid Words With Friends Word