amareggiare

From amaro (“bitter”) +‎ -eggiare.

• IPA^(key): /a.ma.redˈd͡ʒa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: a‧ma‧reg‧già‧re

amareggiàre (first-person singular present amaréggio, first-person singular past historic amareggiài, past participle amareggiàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive, figurative) to embitter, to make bitter

   Synonyms: affligere, addolorare; see also Thesaurus:rattristare

   • 1946, Ernest Hemingway, translated by Giuseppe Trevisani, Fiesta, Einaudi:

     Cohn era un ragazzo per bene, un ragazzo socievole e molto timido, e la cosa lo amareggiava.

     He was a nice boy, a friendly boy, and very shy, and it made him bitter.

     (literally, “Cohn was a respectable boy, a sociable and very shy boy, and it embittered him.”)

• amareggiarsi

• amareggerai