Word Frequency
resentful (rɪˈzɛntfʊl
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Definitions
adjective
- feeling or characterized by resentment
Derived Forms
reˈsentfully adverbreˈsentfulness noun
Synonyms
View thesaurus entry = bitter, hurt, wounded, angry, offended, put out, jealous, choked, pissed, incensed, grudging, exasperated, aggrieved, indignant, pissed off, irate, miffed, embittered, unforgiving, peeved, in a huff, piqued, huffy, in high dudgeon, revengeful, huffish, tooshie,
Translations for 'resentful'
- British English: resentful If you are resentful, you feel resentment.I felt very resentful and angry about losing my job.rɪˈzɛntfʊl ADJECTIVE
- Arabic: مُسْتاء
- Brazilian Portuguese: ressentido ressentida
- Chinese: 怨恨的
- Croatian: kivan kiva
- Czech: zatrpklý
- Danish: forurettet
- Dutch: verontwaardigd
- European Spanish: resentido resentida
- Finnish: närkästynyt
- French: plein de ressentiment
- German: verärgert
- Greek: χολωμένος χολωμένη
- Italian: risentito risentita
- Japanese: 憤慨した
- Korean: 분개하고 있는
- Norwegian: krenket
- Polish: dotknięty dotknięta
- Portuguese: ressentido ressentida
- Romanian: plin de antipatie plin de antipatie, plină de antipatie, plini de antipatie, pline de antipatie
- Russian: обиженный обиженная
- Spanish: resentido resentida
- Swedish: förbittrad förbittrat
- Thai: ซึ่งไม่พอใจ
- Turkish: içerlemiş
- Ukrainian: обурений
- Vietnamese: đầy ghen ghét
Example Sentences Including 'resentful'
And if they find a newcomer being paid handsomely, they could turn resentful.Business Today (2002)
Despite the inexplicable thrill she had experienced as he had spoken, she felt resentful.When the Apricots Bloom
For that home truth alone we should be grateful to the Greeks, not resentful of their extraordinary achievement.Sun, News of the World (2004)
He said staff were especially resentful of making news for Channel 5 -which ITN is said to do at a loss.Sun, News of the World (2001)
It was into this resentful stand-off that Rutherford walked.New Zealand Herald (2004)
Some people have become bitter and resentful because of things that have happened to them.Beat Stress
Susan listened patiently, nodding without confirming his resentful reconstruction of ten years ' wedded bliss.A Death in the Family
The fake Nazis enjoy their power and ``captive' Jews grow resentful and start plotting.The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)
Thinking of it like that, a man might well end up resentful of womankind.Compulsion
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