[f. EMBITTER v. + -MENT.] The action of embittering; the state of being embittered.
1645. W. Jenkyn, Serm., 37. Labour for a sanctified use of all embitterments or stoppages.
180910. Coleridge, Friend (1818), III. 230. The usual embitterment of controversy.
1864. Pusey, Lect. Daniel, 320. Two portions contending against each other with extremest embitterment.