[ UK /ɹɪsˈɛntmənt/ ]
[ US /ɹɪˈzɛnmənt, ɹɪˈzɛntmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
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How To Use resentment In A Sentence

  • This is a case of simmering rage and resentment at the stick from outsiders, which will come nicely to the boil at 8pm tonight. The Sun
  • For some, the inexorable march of years and the pathos of mortality bring an inward, deep resentment. Christianity Today
  • You say are also under financial pressure given your husband's unemployment, which is stressful and causes resentment. Times, Sunday Times
  • At low engine speeds while the car is heading up slight grades, the Elantra engine chuffs and rocks in its cradle; and at moderate-to-highway speeds, if you kick it hard in the slats, the powertrain starts to whine with something approaching resentment. Hyundai Takes a Bold Stand in the Compact Race
  • When I walked out of the prison cell towards the door leading to freedom, I have made it clear his own pain and resentment if not able to stay behind, so in fact I still in prison.
  • The happy or unprosperous event of any action, is not only apt to give us a good or bad opinion of the prudence with which it was conducted, but almost always too animates our gratitude or resentment, our sense of the merit or demerit of the design.
  • I turn away, gagging on the bilious waves of resentment rising up within me. LOVE YOU MADLY
  • All the while, resentment is building up in the hearts and minds of the majority who, rightly or wrongly, perceive that the gurriers are laughing at them and thumbing their noses at the law.
  • He may nurse hidden traumas and resentments that make him the way he is. Times, Sunday Times
  • You seem to be harbouring some resentment against your boss.
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