Unembittered
adj.resilient, kindliterary
What it means
Not made resentful by injury, unfairness, or disappointment.
Reach for it when Honoring someone who retains generosity after being wronged.
Unembittered by the selection result, she mentored the person who won.
Choose between these
5- everyday
temper remains friendly after inconvenience
not when too light for serious injustice
- warm
the person releases blame toward an offender
not when unembittered does not require granting forgiveness
- professional
conduct remains courteous after disappointment
not when politeness can conceal continuing resentment
- formal
absence of a grievance is the exact point
not when less expressive about surviving hardship
- literary
generosity toward a rival deserves high praise
not when stronger than simply avoiding bitterness
Said against
3- embittered
- resentful
- vindictive
It naturally appears in
3- remain unembittered
She remained unembittered and helped document the flawed process.
- remarkably unembittered
Years later, he sounded remarkably unembittered about the lost opportunity.
- unembittered response
Her unembittered response opened space for an honest apology.
Where this comes from
- wiktionary, adjective: not made bitter or resentful opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
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