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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
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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
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Recent Examples of resentments
But as the years and resentments pile on, their cancerous brotherhood threatens to obliterate them both.
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Lindsay-Abaire makes a real meal of sketching the rest of the neighborhood association, played by a bevy of nimble theatrical comedians, though their own simmering resentments tend to eddy alongside the central Kyra-Elliot conflict.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
But the explosive anger, vicious vendettas, and festering class resentments expressed so powerfully in season one remain.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
My grandmother keeps her resentments just below boiling—somehow scarier when fully in control.
—Adriana E. Ramírez, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Maybe, by airing out her old resentments, Sam will be able to summon Mother Mary back to her artistic spirit.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
Season 2 of the Netflix iteration dropped all nine of its episodes on April 10, with early promises to stay faithful evaporating as new attractions emerged and simmering resentments boiled over.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
After their encounters with the locals grow more threatening, resentments within the group begin to surface.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
Maybe the mere fact of having been born illustrious, with no apparent faults, with nothing to prove or to be ashamed of, had liberated John from the resentments the rest of us feel, and from the cunning and ambition such resentments fuel.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Lindsay-Abaire makes a real meal of sketching the rest of the neighborhood association, played by a bevy of nimble theatrical comedians, though their own simmering resentments tend to eddy alongside the central Kyra-Elliot conflict.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
But the explosive anger, vicious vendettas, and festering class resentments expressed so powerfully in season one remain.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
My grandmother keeps her resentments just below boiling—somehow scarier when fully in control.
—Adriana E. Ramírez, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Maybe, by airing out her old resentments, Sam will be able to summon Mother Mary back to her artistic spirit.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
Season 2 of the Netflix iteration dropped all nine of its episodes on April 10, with early promises to stay faithful evaporating as new attractions emerged and simmering resentments boiled over.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
After their encounters with the locals grow more threatening, resentments within the group begin to surface.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
Maybe the mere fact of having been born illustrious, with no apparent faults, with nothing to prove or to be ashamed of, had liberated John from the resentments the rest of us feel, and from the cunning and ambition such resentments fuel.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resentments
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Internal drama — employee hook-ups, power plays, longstanding grudges — share space with the mix of the mundane and the outrageous that constitutes a typical day in a typical big-city emergency department.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
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Voters are fragments of coalitions, habits, grudges, identities, and instincts.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
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The power struggle came about after Rivas challenged Rendon, capitalizing on Democrats’ frustrations over changes in committee leadership and Rendon’s shelving of a single-payer health care bill.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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The vision conceived by museum director and Chief Executive Michael Govan and architect Peter Zumthor is not perfect, and brings with it a modest set of frustrations, but as a whole, the installation registers as ravishing and bracingly fresh.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Employees have a variety of resources to address workplace concerns, including submitting grievances or complaints to leadership, requesting mediation or submitting discrimination or workplace violence reports, said Haysel Hernandez, a department spokesperson.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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And Congress cannot pass any laws that abridge the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
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David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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As much as Payton bristles about media storylines and huffs about tempo questions, the Broncos went 25 minutes without a first down against Las Vegas.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
22 Nov. 2025
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Below, a sampling of irritations.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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Uncompromising Hygiene and Safety Pregnant and postpartum bodies are often highly sensitive to touch and smell, so much so that, at times, otherwise minor irritations and sensations can feel overwhelming.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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