resentful

Etymology

From resent +‎ ful.

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

Belarusian: крыўдлі́вы (kryŭdlívy), злапо́мны (zlapómny), злапа́мятны (zlapámjatny)
Bulgarian: обидчив (bg) (obidčiv)
Finnish: herkästi pahastuva, herkkähipiäinen (fi)
French: rancunier (fr)
Greek: μνησίκακος (el) (mnisíkakos)
Italian: rancoroso (it) m
Maori: mānatunatu, hūngeingei, whakamauāhara
Polish: obrażalski (pl)
Russian: оби́дчивый (ru) (obídčivyj), злопа́мятный (ru) (zlopámjatnyj)
Spanish: resentido (es)
Ukrainian: ура́зливий (urázlyvyj), уразли́вий (urazlývyj), образли́вий (obrazlývyj), злопа́м'ятний (zlopámʺjatnyj), злопа́м'ятливий (zlopámʺjatlyvyj)

full of resentment

Belarusian: пакры́ўджаны (pakrýŭdžany), абу́раны (abúrany)
Bulgarian: възмутен (bg) (vǎzmuten), обиден (bg) (obiden)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不滿 / 不满 (zh) (bùmǎn), 憤慨的 / 愤慨的 (zh) (fènkǎi de)
Czech: rozhořčený m, naštvaný (cs) m, dopálený m, popuzený m
Finnish: kaunainen (fi), katkera (fi), närkästynyt, pahoillaan (fi), harmistunut (fi) (from strongest to weakest)
French: indigné (fr)
German: empört (de), verärgert (de), ärgert (de)
Irish: doicheallach, múisiamach
Japanese: 憤慨した (ja) (ふんがいした, fungai shita)
Maori: mānatunatu, hūngeingei
Portuguese: ressentido m
Russian: возмущённый (ru) (vozmuščónnyj), оби́женный (ru) (obížennyj), негоду́ющий (ru) (negodújuščij)
Ukrainian: обра́жений (obráženyj), обу́рений (obúrenyj)

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Translations to be checked

German: ^{(please verify)} empört (de), ^{(please verify)} verärgert (de)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} muak (id)
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 惱怒 / 恼怒 (zh) (nǎonù), ^{(please verify)} 恼怒 (zh) (nǎonù), ^{(please verify)} 憤慨 / 愤慨 (zh) (fènkǎi), ^{(please verify)} 愤慨 (zh) (fènkǎi)

References

“resentful”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“resentful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “resentful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.