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resentment
What does resentment mean?
resentment (noun): a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use resentment in a sentence?
How do you pronounce resentment?
/ɹɪˈzɛntmənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does resentment come from?
From resent + -ment, after Middle French and French ressentiment (in Old French as recentement), from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir via Old French sentir.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of resentment?
Words related to resentment
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “resentment” mean?
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
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an increase in size, number, value, or strength
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the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
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a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
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Which word is closest in meaning to “resentment”?
bitterness
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population
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department
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difference
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