resentful
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɛntfəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
resentful (comparative more resentful, superlative most resentful)
- Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.
- Synonyms: unforgiving, spiteful, rancorous, acrimonious
- Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.
- Synonyms: bitter, embittered
- 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 27:
- ‘Them bloody chaps 'ave a cushy job,’ said little Martlow with resentful envy. ‘Just fly over the line, take a peek at ol' Fritz, and as soon as a bit o' shrapnel comes their way, fuck off 'ome jildy, toot sweet.’
- 2008 July 16, Jessie Fischbein, “Being Machmir”, in The Jewish Star:
- Is it serving Hashem to be machmir and resentful, rather than adhere to the letter of the law and be relaxed and happy?
Derived terms
Translations
inclined to resent
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full of resentment
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References
- “resentful”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “resentful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “resentful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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