English > resentment: 1 sense > noun 1, feelingMeaning | A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will . |
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Synonyms | bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour |
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Narrower | envy, enviousness | A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another |
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grudge, score, grievance | A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation |
heartburning | Intense resentment |
sulkiness, huffishness | A feeling of sulky resentment |
Broader | hostility, enmity, ill will | The feeling of a hostile person |
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Spanish | amargura, encono, rencor, resentimiento |
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Catalan | amargor, rancor, rancúnia, ressentiment |
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Verbs | resent | feel bitter or indignant about |
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