resentment
pronunciation
How to pronounce resentment in British English:
UK [rɪˈzentmənt]
How to pronounce resentment in American English:
US [rɪˈzɛntmənt]
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- Noun:
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
Word Origin
- resentment (n.)
- 1610s, from French ressentiment (16c.), verbal noun from ressentir (see resent). "Ridicule often parries resentment, but resentment never yet parried ridicule." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]
Synonym
Example
- 1. Resentment grows , and the project and relationships suffer .
- 2. First is the accumulated resentment of past battles .
- 3. Corruption and yawning disparities of wealth fuel resentment .
- 4. Gradually , as she worked , the resentment slipped out of her and her mood changed .
- 5. And resentment is deepening among creditors .