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as in grudge
a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong
if you continue to harbor resentment toward your father, you'll never be able to move on with your life
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as in jealousy
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too
I don't have any resentment over my friend's luxurious house
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as in anger
the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity
my resentment at being spoken to like I'm stupid
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Recent Examples of resentment
With just 24 hours to decide the fate of the house, old resentments bubble up, secrets are exposed and shifting alliances test whatever bonds remain.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Julianne cited her sisters' accomplishments in their own fields, as well as their flourishing personal lives, as a reason why the sadness never flowered into full-on resentment.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Her plaintive denials on screen are robbed of any credibility by an inescapable sense of overwhelming resentment.
—Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Julianne cited her sisters' accomplishments in their own fields, as well as their flourishing personal lives, as a reason why the sadness never flowered into full-on resentment.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet imagined the relationship between the Bard and his spouse as an intimate tale of lust, compromise, joy, resentment, support, and sorrow.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Her plaintive denials on screen are robbed of any credibility by an inescapable sense of overwhelming resentment.
—Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resentment
Noun
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Darkly funny and deeply melancholic, the film turns the family estate into a pressure cooker of grief, grudges and reluctant affection.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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After Abe’s assassination in 2022 by a suspect who said he was motivated by a grudge against the church, an internal survey in the LDP later found that nearly half of the party’s members had links to it.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Your jealousy and badmouthing will push your daughter away.—
Jann Blackstone,
Boston Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
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In contrast, traditional methods like verbal reassurance or security primes without touch did not alleviate jealousy.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But the anger and radicalization have to be managed by Democratic leaders, if not for the sake of the country, then at least to avoid a political backlash.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Burning anti-establishment anger helped lay the path for his successful 2018 presidential run, with dozens of far-right and conservative lawmakers elected on his coattails.—
Ricardo Brito,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The couple aired their grievances in interviews and documentaries.—
Emily Trainham , Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Past grievances often resurface because the real hurt beneath those issues wasn’t addressed.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Foreign perpetrators have been linked to previous acts intended to incite hatred.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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The left is always, at all times and places, a violent phenomenon full of hatred.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kemp looked at the ceiling and blew a huff of air when Schwartz announced the sentence.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
24 Aug. 2025
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Getty Images To date, the post has amassed more than 900 comments from TikTok viewers, many of them poking fun at the golden retriever mother's annoyed expression and shallow huffs.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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There have been frustrations over how long the process has taken, with the leadership uncertainty further complicated by the exit of CEO Alex Mahon over the summer.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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Poor Harriet, a gallery assistant who has been harassed since the pilot, gets the brunt of Laura’s frustration.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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And rather than indignation or rage or fury, what comes through in the letters is his sheer amazement at being in this predicament.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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But reacting with indignation has not been an option for Lee.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Resentment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resentment. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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