embittered
- adjective
- /ɛmˈbɪtərd/
- After simmering too long, the sauce became embittered and lost its original flavor.
Examples
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This coffee tastes embittered.
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The burnt herbs left the stew with an unpleasant, embittered taste that nobody enjoyed.
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The chef warned that overcooking the greens could make the dish embittered.
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The chocolate is embittered!
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The chef added too much vinegar, making the sauce taste embittered and unpleasant.
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After being left out of the dinner invite, his comments were embittered and full of resentment.
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The overcooked vegetables had an embittered flavor that ruined the dish.
Synonyms
21
6.8
Not pleasant to taste or smell
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6.7
A strong, unpleasant sharp taste or smell
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6.5
Something that smells or tastes bad
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5.5
Not pleasant to taste, smell, or touch
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7.8
A sharp sour or bitter taste that makes your mouth pucker
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9.6
Slightly sour in taste or tone
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7.9
A sharp sour taste like lemon or grapefruit
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7.2
A food or drink with a sharp taste that slightly stings the mouth
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9.9
Having a sour or bitter taste that feels sharp
Being slightly sharp and unpleasant in taste or feeling
Antonyms
How Bitter
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Embittered comes from the parts em- ('make' or 'in') and bitter ('sharp, unpleasant taste'). So food or drink that is embittered has been 'made bitter', like when a sauce cooks too long and its flavor turns sharp and unpleasant.