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as in angry
having or showing deep-seated resentment
he is still resentful about being passed over for a promotion
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as in jealous
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
resentful of her cousin's wealth
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Recent Examples of resentful
This is because, little under a year after being handed a landslide majority by the U.K. electorate, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government is deeply unpopular and thrashing around for ways to appease a surly and resentful public.
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Ian King, CNBC, 11 June 2025
To hear Hazel tell it, Forrest was somewhat resentful of the album’s success — and the new direction the band seemed to be going in.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
As the conclusion of the Clannad series, this season of the story focuses on a resentful high-school student and teenage delinquent, Tomoya, who meets and falls in love with Nagisa, a girl who changes the arc of his life.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 4 June 2025
Young men’s disillusionment with their economic and romantic status—the very factors by which their worth has historically been judged—has led some to become resentful and nostalgic for a more ‘traditional’ society and gender roles.
—Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
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Ian King, CNBC, 11 June 2025
To hear Hazel tell it, Forrest was somewhat resentful of the album’s success — and the new direction the band seemed to be going in.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
As the conclusion of the Clannad series, this season of the story focuses on a resentful high-school student and teenage delinquent, Tomoya, who meets and falls in love with Nagisa, a girl who changes the arc of his life.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 4 June 2025
Young men’s disillusionment with their economic and romantic status—the very factors by which their worth has historically been judged—has led some to become resentful and nostalgic for a more ‘traditional’ society and gender roles.
—Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resentful
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Without Flagg, asking angry fans for more money may have sent Welts back into another round of retirement.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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Mamdani’s victory fits the emerging pattern of angry and fed-up voters from across the spectrum, as some notable anti-establishment populists have swept to victory in the US and across the globe on both the left and the right.—
Time,
Time,
26 June 2025
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Some dogs may be jealous of the litter, while others who want to play may be too rough with them.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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These two have always been uneasy allies, each jealous of the other’s relationship with Mikey, each convinced the other is somehow more comfortable among all the biological and adopted Berzattos, each incapable of giving a proper apology to the other one.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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Too often, leaders are stuck between moral maximalism and cynical cost-cutting.—
HEC Paris Insights,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Mamdani proposes to pay for these splendid gifts to the city’s voters by raising taxes even further on the city’s top income earners, in the cynical belief that those who make up his tax base are stuck there, cannot flee, and are thus cows to be helplessly milked.—
The Editors,
National Review,
25 June 2025
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My feet are a bit achy and the tops of my shoulders a little sore to the touch, but spirits are still high.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Take in views of the world’s largest volcanic caldera at Mount Aso and soothe sore muscles in volcanic sand baths and onsens.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside Online,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Pashinyan was the focus of protests last year by tens of thousands of demonstrators after Armenia agreed to hand over control of several border villages to Azerbaijan and to normalize relations between the neighbors and bitter rivals.—
Avet Demourian,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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But the two mainstays of the game are far from bitter rivals.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
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Even as the pair’s relationship grew rancorous, the company kept growing, reaching revenue of just over $700 million in 2018.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The accompanying article described a rancorous public hearing at which representatives from the municipal unions and minority communities denounced the mayor’s proposals for mass layoffs in the city’s workforce and deep cuts in its public education and social service programs.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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