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/rɪzˈɛntmənt/ /rɪzˈɛnmənt/ Listen

noun

Resentment n.

1.

The act of resenting.

2.

The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression. (Obs.) "He retains vivid resentments of the more solid morality." "It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger."

3.

In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude. (Obs.) "The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton,... have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same."

4.

In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced. "Resentment... is a deep, reflective displeasure against the conduct of the offender."

Synonyms: Anger; irritation; vexation; displeasure; grudge; indignation; choler; gall; ire; wrath; rage; fury. Resentment, Anger. Anger is the broader term, denoting a keen sense of disapprobation (usually with a desire to punish) for whatever we feel to be wrong, whether directed toward ourselves or others. Resentment is anger exicted by a sense of personal injury. It is, etymologically, that reaction of the mind which we instinctively feel when we think ourselves wronged. Pride and selfishness are apt to aggravate this feeling until it changes into a criminal animosity; and this is now the more common signification of the term. Being founded in a sense of injury, this feeling is hard to be removed; and hence the expressions bitter or implacable resentment. See Anger. "Anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self-mettle tires him." "Can heavently minds such high resentment show, Or exercise their spite in human woe?"

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"Resentment" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the church courts, reserved for men, This haughty woman enters, with proud mien, And even prepares to overpass the bounds Of the enclosure sacred, which alone Is open to the Levites. Terrified The people fled in every way. My father— Ah! what resentment kindled in his eye! Moses to Pharoah seemed less formidable: Queen! go! said he, and quit this awful place, From which thy sex and vices banish thee: Dost thou come here to brave the majesty Of ...

— Athaliah • J. Donkersley

... such as him show. Nothing is too bad for the Boers. "Boiling oil" is far too good. Deportation to Ceylon is pitiful leniency. Any suggestion that the civilized customs of war should be kept up with such an enemy, is scouted. Making all allowances for the natural resentment of those who have known what it is to be an Uitlander, allowing too for "white flag" episodes and so on, I yet fail to understand this excess of animosity, which goes out of its way even to deny any ability to Boer statesmen and soldiers, regardless ...

— In the Ranks of the C.I.V. • Erskine Childers

... glad to light one. To smoke is soothing, and he felt the need of it. Added to his vague distress at the spectacle of such familiarity from these ladies to that impossible little Italian, a ferment of resentment was disquieting him apropos of Hunt—those works of art of which Hunt had facilitated ...

— Aurora the Magnificent • Gertrude Hall

... point in Wetter's code; besides, his humour seemed just now too bitter for love-making. If Coralie felt any resentment, it did not go very deep. She turned her eyes from Wetter ...

— The King's Mirror • Anthony Hope

... in Mexico, Drake brought away one fact—memory of Spanish gold to the value of one million eight hundred thousand pounds. Where did it come from? Was the secret of that gold the true reason for Spain's resentment against all intruders? Drake had coasted Florida and the West Indies. He knew they yielded no such harvest. Then it must come from one of three other regions—South America, Central ...

— Vikings of the Pacific - The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward • Agnes C. Laut

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