resentful
English
Etymology
resent + -ful
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɛntfəl/
Adjective
resentful (comparative more resentful, superlative most resentful)
- Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.
- Synonyms: unforgiving, spiteful
- Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.
- Synonyms: bitter, embittered
Derived terms
- resentfully
- resentfulness
Translations
inclined to resent
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full of resentment
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References
- resentful at OneLook Dictionary Search
- resentful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- resentful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911