resentment

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I suppose the cause of his resentment is your refusing him your daughter's hand.

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  1. noun Indignation or ill will felt as a result of a real or imagined grievance. See Synonyms at anger.

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  • Cleopatra had a great deal of what is sometimes called spirit, and her resentment was aroused by this treatment. —  Cleopatra
  • In Dec. 2006, U.S. soldiers stationed at the base killed a local airport worker, drawing resentment from the Kyrgyz public. —  Latest Articles
  • And how deep the resentment was amongst the Benjamites is evident from the insulting advantage taken of his despondency in the day of distress by Shimei. —  The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1
  • It would be impossible in a real existence, but Mr. Russell, of quasi-existence, says that he did resist the conviction; that he had said that one could "hardly resist"; and most of his resentment is against Mr. Proctor's thinking that he had not resisted. —  The Book of the Damned
  • The first beginning of a resentment is a beam, as is also the first flicker of an unkind thought, or the first suggestion of unloving criticism. —  The Calvary Road
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anger ·  impatience ·  envy ·  disappointment ·  irritation ·  frustration ·  discontent ·  dislike ·  wrath ·  hostility ·  displeasure ·  shame
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  1. Early modern English also resentiment, ressentiment; from Old French (and F.) ressentiment =Spanish resentimiento =Portuguese resentimento =Italian risentimento, from Middle Latin *resentimentum, perception, feeling, resentment, from resentire, feel, resent: see resent and -ment.
 

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