embitter
Turn someone cynical
To embitter is to make someone bitter—resentful, cynical, or hardened by disappointment or mistreatment.
Life's setbacks can embitter a person: Years of rejection had embittered him.
The past participle embittered works as an adjective: an embittered ex-wife, embittered by the betrayal.
Less commonly, embitter means to make something taste bitter or to make a situation more painful.
Make furious
- infuriateProvoke extreme anger
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- provokeIncite a response
- antagonizeIncite hostility in
inflame · madden · outrage · exasperate · aggravate · rankle · gall · sour
Persistent bitter displeasure
- rancorLasting bitter resentment
- acrimonyBitter ill will
- gallImpudent boldness or bitterness
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
animosity · spite · malice · indignation · umbrage · pique · dudgeon · vexation
Bitter ongoing rivalry
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- strifeAngry, prolonged conflict
- discordLack of agreement
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
hostility · antagonism · rivalry · friction · tension · acrimony · bad blood · vendetta
Bitter loss of faith
- disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
- disenchantmentLoss of cherished belief
- disaffectionLoss of loyalty
alienation · cynicism · jadedness · world-weary · disillusioned · soured · hardened · jaded
Breaking of trust
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
- lossBeing without something
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- failureLack of success
rejection · abandonment · humiliation · trauma · hardship · suffering · misfortune · defeat
enrage
Make furious
antagonize · inflame · madden · outrage · exasperate · aggravate · rankle · gall · sour · poison
resentment
Persistent bitter displeasure
grudge · animosity · spite · malice · indignation · umbrage · pique · dudgeon · vexation · disgruntlement
feud
Bitter ongoing rivalry
animosity · hostility · antagonism · rivalry · friction · tension · acrimony · bad blood · vendetta · estrangement
disillusionment
Bitter loss of faith
- disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
- disenchantmentLoss of cherished belief
disaffection · alienation · cynicism · jadedness · world-weary · disillusioned · soured · hardened · jaded · pessimistic
betrayal
Breaking of trust
failure · rejection · abandonment · humiliation · trauma · hardship · suffering · misfortune · defeat · disappointment