resentful

English

Etymology

resent +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɛntfəl/

Adjective

resentful (comparative more resentful, superlative most resentful)

1. Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.
2. Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.

Synonyms

• (Inclined to resent): unforgiving, spiteful
• (Full of resentment): bitter

Derived terms

• resentfully
• resentfulness

Translations

inclined to resent

• Finnish: herkästi pahastuva, herkkähipiäinen (fi)
• French: rancunier (fr)
• Greek: μνησίκακος (el) (mnisíkakos)

• Maori: mānatunatu, hūngeingei, whakamauāhara
• Polish: obrażalski (pl)
• Russian: оби́дчивый (ru) (obídčivyj)

full of resentment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不滿 (zh), 不满 (zh) (bùmǎn), 憤慨的 (zh), 愤慨的 (zh) (fènkǎi de)

• Finnish: kaunainen, katkera (fi), närkästynyt, pahoillaan (fi), harmistunut (from strongest to weakest)
• French: indigné (fr)
• German: empört (de), verärgert (de), ärgert (de)

• Japanese: 憤慨した (ja) (ふんがいした, fungai shita)
• Maori: mānatunatu, hūngeingei
• Portuguese: ressentido m
• Russian: возмущённый (ru) (vozmuščónnyj), оби́женный (ru) (obížennyj), негоду́ющий (ru) (negodújuščij)

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} empört (de), ^{(please verify)} verärgert (de)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} muak (id)

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 惱怒, ^{(please verify)} 恼怒 (zh) (nǎonù), ^{(please verify)} 憤慨 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 愤慨 (zh) (fènkǎi)

References

• resentful at OneLook Dictionary Search
• resentful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• resentful in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911