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

McBride, like all good satirists, cranks up the volume of those resentments and insecurities, in the process revealing a new way to see the world. — T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

When their ailing mother comes to live with them, old resentments resurface, forcing both women to confront grief, faith, ambition, and the fragile bonds that hold a family together. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026

The players air their grievances, which are essentially a pile of petty conflicts and resentments that, as Alice warned, can be traced back to the team fracturing into cliques. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

While the haunting serial murders are the mainstay within the show, Kay also smartly addresses resentments in the police department between patrol cops and detectives and even officers who turn on each other. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

The window of opportunity shut right back down, a phenomenon that Arendt explored here by explaining that the close, no longer merely economic connection between the aristocracy and the Jews led to new resentments. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

In fact, the solar eclipse in Leo could shed light on everything from exhaustion and unconscious patterns to hidden resentments. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

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