Definition of "embittering" [embittering]

• Present participle of embitter. (verb)

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• "He is now a gray haired old man, with one sorrow over his one act of disobedience, one wrong word embittering all his life -- with those words ever ringing in his ears, "Mother, I don't love you now.""
• "So you're right to order the army not to fire: The last thing you need is to furnish the protesters with a galvanizing event, or the officers with an embittering one."
• "The embittering assault on public education has created a response."