resentment
[noun]
Synonyms: bitterness, animosity, bad blood, grudge, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, pique, rancour, umbrage

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Related Words: animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, rancor, ill will, malice, malignancy, malignity, spite

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English Thesaurus: anger, annoyance, irritation, frustration, exasperation, ...

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re‧sent‧ment /rɪˈzentmənt/ noun [uncountable]
a feeling of anger because something has happened that you think is unfair Synonym : bitterness
resentment at/against/of etc
She was filled with deep resentment at being passed over for promotion.
feel/harbour/bear resentment
He felt considerable resentment towards Sheila for making him work late.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

resentment
noun
ADJ. angry, bitter, considerable, deep, deep-seated, great, intense, smouldering | growing, increasing | popular, widespread | old She felt all her old resentment flaring up.
VERB + RESENTMENT bear, feel, harbour I bore him no resentment. You seem to be harbouring some resentment against your boss.
express, show | contain, hide He struggled to contain his resentment.
arouse, breed, cause, create, fuel, give rise to, lead to, provoke Inequality breeds resentment.
RESENTMENT + VERB build up, grow Don't let your resentment build up.
flare up
PREP. ~ about/over Maggie was filled with resentment about her treatment.
~ against the growing resentment against foreigners
~ among The measures fuelled resentment among students.
~ at I felt great resentment at having to work such long hours.
~ between the bitter resentment between the two brothers
~ towards their resentment towards each other
PHRASES a cause/source of resentment, a feeling/sense of resentment

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

resentment

feel resentment
He felt resentment at the criticism.
bear resentment (=feel it)
My father's favourite was my younger sister, and I'd always borne him some resentment for this.
harbour resentment (=continue to feel it)
You obviously harbour some resentment against your ex-boyfriend.
cause/create resentment
The special arrangements for overseas students caused resentment among the other students.
breed resentment (=cause it)
These misunderstandings had bred resentment.
arouse resentment (=make people feel it)
The terms of his contract aroused deep resentment among the other players.
deep resentment
The soldiers' presence has created deep resentment.
bitter resentment (=very strong)
Heavy-handed policing caused bitter resentment.
great/considerable resentment
There was great resentment among the workforce.
widespread resentment (=felt by a lot of people or in many places)
The actions of the police during the miners' strike caused widespread resentment.
growing/increasing resentment
Soon growing resentment against foreigners erupted into violence.
smouldering resentment (=resentment that is felt for a long time but not expressed)
The unrest highlighted the smouldering resentment in France's poor neighbourhoods.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

anger a strong emotion that you feel because someone has behaved badly or because a situation seems bad or unfair:
Andrea still feels a lot of anger towards her mom, who left when she was a little girl.
I’ve said some things in anger that have almost cost me my marriage.
annoyance slight anger or impatience:
He expressed annoyance at the way his comments had been misinterpreted.
The meetings were held in secret, much to the annoyance of some members of Congress.
irritation a feeling of being annoyed and impatient, especially because something keeps happening or someone keeps saying something:
He could not hide his irritation at her persistent questioning.
Unwanted sales calls are a source of irritation for many people.
frustration a feeling of being annoyed, especially because you cannot do what you want or because you cannot change or control a situation:
You can imagine my frustration when I found out that the next bus didn’t leave till 4 hours later.
There is a growing sense of frustration over the situation in Burma.
The government has expressed frustration at the slow legal process.
exasperation a feeling of being very annoyed because you cannot control a situation, learn to do something, or understand something, even though you are trying very hard:
Isaac sighed in exasperation.
Exasperation at the team’s lack of success was evident among the fans.
resentment anger because you think you are being treated badly or unfairly:
The sudden increase in the numbers of immigrants has caused resentment among local people.
indignation anger and surprise about an unfair situation:
His voice sounded full of indignation.
The scandal caused righteous indignation among opposition politicians.
ill/bad feeling anger between two people because of something that has happened:
I had no ill feeling towards him.
rancour British English, rancor American English formal a feeling of anger and hatred towards someone who you cannot forgive because they harmed you in the past:
Even though he had lost the court case, he had shown no rancour.
spleen formal anger, especially anger that is unreasonable:
He vented his spleen (=said why he was angry)against the airline in an article in the Times.
fury a very strong feeling of anger:
The judge sparked fury when he freed a man who had attacked three women.
The decision caused fury among local people.
rage a very strong feeling of anger that is difficult to control or is expressed very suddenly or violently:
When we accused him of lying, he flew into a rage (=became very angry very suddenly).
Brown killed his wife in a jealous rage.
outrage extreme anger and shock because you think something is unfair or wrong:
The racist comments caused outrage in India and Britain.
wrath formal extreme anger:
Pietersen was the next to incur the wrath of the referee (=make him angry).

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