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resentment

[ ri-zent-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult.

    Synonyms: jealousy, envy, irritation, pic, dudgeon



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Other Words From

  • self-re·sentment noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of resentment1

First recorded in 1610–20; from French ressentiment, Middle French resentiment, equivalent to resenti(r) to resent + -ment -ment
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Example Sentences

Another chilling recipe for injustice and resentment by closing down the open society you seek to promote.

Was there lingering resentment over you choosing your wife over Lauryn?

Bradlee felt deceived by his friends but, “with both of them gone from my life, resentment seemed foolish.”

A rash of crimes against gay and trans* people point to a possible brewing class resentment in the “hip” parts of Brooklyn.

Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people.

Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.

Here was the strangeness of it: that he did not distrust Lettice, nor felt resentment against Tony.

The keen resentment had faded from his face, but an immense reproach was there—a heavy, helpless, appealing reproach.

He conspired against Richelieu, to whom he was indebted for much of his good fortune, and to whose resentment he fell a victim.

General Stanhope then repeated to him, all that the impassioned resentment of Ripperda had excited him to avow.

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