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adjective
Date: 1656
1. full of resentment ; inclined to resent <felt resentful of her success> 2. caused or marked by resentment <resentful anger> • resentfully adverb • resentfulness noun
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Resentful — Re*sent ful ( f?l), a. Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable. {Re*sent ful*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
resentful — I adjective acrimonious, angry, bitter, bristling, choleric, churlish, discontented, displeased, distrustful, embittered, envious, furious, galled, grouchy, grudging, grumpy, huffy, hurt, ill disposed, implacable, in a huff, in high dudgeon,… … Law dictionary
resentful — 1650s, from RESENT (Cf. resent) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Resentfully; resentfulness … Etymology dictionary
resentful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation. DERIVATIVES resentfully adverb resentfulness noun … English terms dictionary
resentful — [ri zent′fəl] adj. feeling or showing resentment resentfully adv. resentfulness n … English World dictionary
resentful — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, grow, remain ▪ They grew bitter and resentful … Collocations dictionary
resentful — adj. 1) bitterly resentful 2) resentful about, at, of * * * [rɪ zentf(ə)l] at of bitterly resentful resentful about … Combinatory dictionary
resentful — [[t]rɪze̱ntfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you are resentful, you feel resentment. At first I felt very resentful and angry about losing my job... He turned away in sullen, resentful silence. Syn: aggrieved, angry Derived words: resentfully ADV GRADED usu … English dictionary
resentful — re|sent|ful [rıˈzentfəl] adj feeling angry and upset about something that you think is unfair = ↑bitter resentful of/about/at etc ▪ She felt resentful at not being promoted. >resentfully adv >resentfulness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
resentful — adjective feeling angry and upset about something that you think is unfair (+ of/at/about etc): His daughters became increasingly resentful of his authority. resentfully adverb resentfulness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
