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resentment

noun

re·​sent·​ment ri-ˈzent-mənt How to pronounce resentment (audio)
: a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury

Synonyms

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offense, resentment, umbrage, pique, dudgeon, huff mean an emotional response to or an emotional state resulting from a slight or indignity.

offense implies hurt displeasure.

takes deep offense at racial slurs

resentment suggests lasting indignation or ill will.

harbored a lifelong resentment of his brother

umbrage may suggest hurt pride, resentment, or suspicion of another's motives.

took umbrage at the offer of advice

pique applies to a transient feeling of wounded vanity.

in a pique I foolishly declined the invitation

dudgeon suggests an angry fit of indignation.

stormed out of the meeting in high dudgeon

huff implies a peevish short-lived spell of anger usually at a petty cause.

in a huff he slammed the door

Example Sentences

She bore bitter feelings of resentment toward her ex-husband. He's filled with resentment at his boss. He expressed his resentment of the new policies.
Recent Examples on the Web The last several years of remote work has blurred the lines of the usual work-life balance, leading to a build up of resentment with every after-hours email or Slack message. Mariah Espada, Time, 9 Sep. 2022 But there was also a noticeable wave of resentment from people who paid off their student loans in the past. Katie Wedell, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022 The Harvard and North Carolina cases now give the court the opportunity to rid the country once and for all of an unfair practice that leaves only a heightened sense of resentment in its wake. William Mcgurn, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022 If anything, one of the things that drove me to education was a level of resentment towards adolescent apathy and the ways in which adults and adolescents alike greenlight mean-spirited behavior like bullying. Josh Chesler, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2022 Jonathan Metzl’s 2019 book, Dying of Whiteness, documents how the politics of racial resentment harms white Americans while progressive policies are smeared as radical Black takeovers. Anthony Conwright, The New Republic, 30 May 2022 In a fit of resentment, the girl tears up her neighbor’s marigolds, but later recognizes the moment as a turning point from blind innocence to maturity and compassion. Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 Cruz’s questions connected to two other themes that motivate many Republican voters — racial resentment and anger at liberal elites. David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022 On May 30, 1921, a spark ignited racial resentment into terrible violence. The Week Staff, The Week, 13 June 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1619, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of resentment was in 1619

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