Synonyms for resentment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-zent-muhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzɛnt mənt |
Top 10 synonyms for resentment Other synonyms for the word resentment
Définition of resentment
Origin :- 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"]
- noun hate, anger
- Harriett had a little shock of dismay and resentment, hating change.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- By expecting it from others half our resentment is forestalled.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- The face of the Gascon darkened, and his eyes flashed with resentment.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- She dropped into her chair, with a flash of resentment at the proximity of the other table.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- But she is cunning in love's ways and dulls Shakespeare's resentment with "I don't hate you."
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Her eyes were bent upon the floor, and a look, not now of resentment, but of—was it fear?
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- This resentment was seldom expressed, but its flame scorched her soul.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- Rulledge demanded, with a resentment which we felt so droll in him that we laughed.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- But nevertheless I am very far from blaming you for your resentment.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Lumley, burning with resentment, longed to decline the offer; but, alas!
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Antonyms for resentment
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