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
• offences
• 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
• offences
• angers
• huffs
• indignations
• irritations
• exasperations
• displeasures
• griefs
• offenses
• peeves
• outrages
• piques
• agitations
• annoyances
• discomforts
• indignities
• perturbations
• umbrages
• dudgeons
• miffs
• upsets
• distresses
• ires
• aggravations
• insults
• 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

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. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025

People-pleasing turns into resentments. —Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

Solomon peppers his story with generational resentments and art-world posturing, while Soderbergh films the interiors of McKellen’s English townhouse like the inner workings of a sarcophagus. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025

As their mismatched personalities stir tension with each other — and the group — old resentments bubble up, forcing them to reckon with their relationship and the lives waiting for them back home. —Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025

Their desire, soured, turns into rage; the women in my family wear their resentments like bracelets. —Eliana Ramage september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025

Combined with the return of politicalized migrant workers who had been laid-off in the US, these factors so stressed Mexican politics that long-simmering resentments erupted in armed revolt. —Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2025

Their rapid shift in status exacerbated long-standing Christian anti-Jewish prejudice and made Jews a convenient target for the resentments provoked by the spread of legal equality and economic precarity. —Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

So, your family members may have older resentments that acted as kindling. —R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2024