embittered

Example Sentences

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Just make sure you don’t become so aggrieved or embittered that you let it affect your job performance.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The novel is narrated by Karishma’s embittered son Mohit decades after the events, and his attitude toward most of the family is cynical and contemptuous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

As Lamar grins through the bright lights of his victory lap, Drake's chosen to sidestep the beef - bar one embittered freestyle denouncing fake friends - and instead focused on repositioning himself.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025

He has served as a historical and cultural consultant since “The Last Samurai,” in which Tom Cruise plays an embittered U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

A lonely, lambent woman looking out at her embittered aunt’s ornamental garden, listening to a tangerine.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy