make sb bitter

Frequency: 7.219.0 per million words

to cause someone to become an angry and unhappy person.

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Examples (10)

  • The constant betrayals made him bitter.
  • Years of disappointment have made her bitter and cynical.
  • Losing the championship like that would make anyone bitter.
  • The injustice of the system makes many people bitter.
  • Being passed over for promotion repeatedly made him bitter towards his colleagues.
  • Don't let one bad experience make you bitter.
  • Did the failure of his business make him bitter?
  • The experience of war was so traumatic that it made the old soldier bitter for the rest of his life.
  • This ongoing conflict is making the whole community bitter.
  • He tried not to let the unfair criticism make him bitter.