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Resentment   /rɪzˈɛntmənt/  /rɪzˈɛnmənt/   Listen
noun
Resentment  n.  
1.
The act of resenting.
2.
The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression. (Obs.) "He retains vivid resentments of the more solid morality." "It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger."
3.
In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude. (Obs.) "The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton,... have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same."
4.
In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced. "Resentment... is a deep, reflective displeasure against the conduct of the offender."
Synonyms: Anger; irritation; vexation; displeasure; grudge; indignation; choler; gall; ire; wrath; rage; fury. Resentment, Anger. Anger is the broader term, denoting a keen sense of disapprobation (usually with a desire to punish) for whatever we feel to be wrong, whether directed toward ourselves or others. Resentment is anger exicted by a sense of personal injury. It is, etymologically, that reaction of the mind which we instinctively feel when we think ourselves wronged. Pride and selfishness are apt to aggravate this feeling until it changes into a criminal animosity; and this is now the more common signification of the term. Being founded in a sense of injury, this feeling is hard to be removed; and hence the expressions bitter or implacable resentment. See Anger. "Anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self-mettle tires him." "Can heavently minds such high resentment show, Or exercise their spite in human woe?"





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"Resentment" Quotes from Famous Books



... These directions were accompanied and intermingled with numerous threats as to what he would do if Vijal dared to fail in any particular. The Malay listened calmly, showing none of that impatience and haughty resentment which he formerly used to manifest toward John, and quietly promised to ...
— Cord and Creese • James de Mille
... at her best. She cannot cook; she will not sew. She washes dishes Mondays and Tuesdays under protest, while the nurse and parlor maid are called off from their natural avocations, and dusts the drawing-room with obedient resentment. She sits cutting out underclothes in the March vacations, when all the schools are closed, and when the heavy wagons from the distant farming region stick in the bottomless Andover mud in front of the professor's house. The big front door is ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 • Various
... quick to condemn, sir," he said, coldly. "Permit me to hope that Monsieur Lacheneur will be less severe than yourself; and that his resentment—just, I confess, will vanish before"—he hesitated—"before a ...
— The Honor of the Name • Emile Gaboriau
... of climbing that rough place," Burgess protested, with a sharp glance of resentment at the big young fellow who ...
— A Master's Degree • Margaret Hill McCarter
... disorder. The chairman, the candidates, the ladies, the whole house rose, and one man towards the front made himself heard amid the babel to the effect that the ladies ought to walk out to show their resentment of the insults that had been offered their ...
— Some Everyday Folk and Dawn • Miles Franklin


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