Definition of resentment
Nouns
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- Synonyms:
- bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour
- Types:
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heartburning
intense resentment
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huffishness, sulkiness
a feeling of sulky resentment
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grievance, grudge, score
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
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enviousness, envy
a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
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covetousness
an envious eagerness to possess something
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green-eyed monster, jealousy
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
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penis envy
(psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity
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