embitters
Creates lasting rancor
Embitters is the third-person singular of embitter, meaning to make someone bitter or resentful.
Life experiences can embitter a person toward others or toward existence itself: Years of betrayal embitters her toward men.
The past participle embittered works as an adjective: an embittered ex-employee.
Persistent resentment toward someone
- rancorLasting bitter resentment
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- ill willHostile or unfriendly feeling
- bad bloodLasting hostile feelings
hard feelings · spite · grievance · umbrage · pique · indignation · vexation · antipathy
Bitter ongoing rivalry
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- strifeAngry, prolonged conflict
- discordLack of agreement
friction · hostility · opposition · rivalry · contention · clash · acrimony · warfare
Harmful ingested substances
- soursBecomes acidic, off
- corruptsCauses moral decline
- spoilsSeized war gains
- taintsMakes slightly impure
contaminates · pollutes · infects · perverts · warps · distorts · darkens · shadows
Bitter loss of faith
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- regretSorrow over past actions
sorrow · defeat · setback · failure · crestfallen · dismay · despair · despondency
grudge
Persistent resentment toward someone
- rancorLasting bitter resentment
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- ill willHostile or unfriendly feeling
bad blood · hard feelings · spite · grievance · umbrage · pique · indignation · vexation · antipathy · malice
feud
Bitter ongoing rivalry
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- strifeAngry, prolonged conflict
discord · friction · hostility · opposition · rivalry · contention · clash · acrimony · warfare · belligerence
poisons
Harmful ingested substances
taints · contaminates · pollutes · infects · perverts · warps · distorts · darkens · shadows · clouds
disillusionment
Bitter loss of faith
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
regret · sorrow · defeat · setback · failure · crestfallen · dismay · despair · despondency · grief