Synonyms of resentments

resentments

noun

plural of resentment

1

as in grudges

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grudges
• grievances
• hostilities
• scores
• downs
• animosities
• condemnations
• antagonisms
• enmities
• antipathies
• complaints
• malices
• spleens
• spites
• offenses
• rancors
• piques
• peeves
• venoms
• umbrages
• malevolences
• dudgeons
• huffs
• despites

2

as in frustrations

the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity

my resentment at being spoken to like I'm stupid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frustrations
• angers
• huffs
• indignations
• irritations
• exasperations
• offenses
• displeasures
• griefs
• peeves
• outrages
• piques
• agitations
• annoyances
• discomforts
• indignities
• perturbations
• umbrages
• dudgeons
• miffs
• upsets
• distresses
• insults
• ires
• aggravations
• vexations
• disturbances
• slights
• tantrums
• tempers
• sulks
• barbs
• affronts
• pets
• slurs
• danders
• pouts
• brickbats
• digs
• botherations
• tizzies
• bothers
• fits
• put-downs
• slaps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfactions
• gratifications
• pleasures
• delights
• appeasements
• contentments
• mollifications
• pacifications

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of resentments

That has done nothing to help calm matters in a league whose product is being torn apart by internal resentments and external malignity. — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026

Here are the standout tracks whose lyrics provide some unprecedented insight into Abrams' anxieties, relationships and resentments. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 17 July 2026

The confrontation between father and daughter, in which Taylor-Joy unloads Lucky’s resentments about growing up in the life, is one of the season’s most barbed moments. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026

In the series, an adaptation of Spanish play El chico de la última fila by Juan Mayorga, Mun-oh has resigned himself to a life of quiet resentments, until Lee Kang (Weak Hero Class' Choi Hyun-wook) comes along. — Kayti Burt, Time, 26 June 2026

Better that there be no resentments about money, better that Adele learn that rash decisions had lasting costs. — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

These same resentments likely erupted in the murder of Clapham and in the solidarity a great many local people felt with the Panis woman. — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026

Wilde and Seth Rogen play longtime marrieds harboring a laundry list of resentments who host their upstairs neighbors (Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton) for an evening of fun. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026

Over the course of the day and evening, old secrets, resentments, and regrets bubble up to the surface and Altman crafts a devastating meditation on memory, identity, and the necessity as well as the danger of a vivid fantasy life. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 May 2026