resentful

English

Etymology

From resent +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɛntfəl/

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Adjective

resentful (comparative more resentful, superlative most resentful)

1. Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.

   Synonyms: unforgiving, spiteful, rancorous, acrimonious

2. Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.

   Synonyms: bitter, embittered

   • 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 27:

     ‘Them bloody chaps 'ave a cushy job,’ said little Martlow with resentful envy. ‘Just fly over the line, take a peek at ol' Fritz, and as soon as a bit o' shrapnel comes their way, fuck off 'ome jildy, toot sweet.’

   • 2008 July 16, Jessie Fischbein, “Being Machmir”, in The Jewish Star‎^[1]:

     Is it serving Hashem to be machmir and resentful, rather than adhere to the letter of the law and be relaxed and happy?

Derived terms

• resentfully
• resentfulness

Translations

inclined to resent

• Belarusian: крыўдлі́вы (kryŭdlívy), злапо́мны (zlapómny), злапа́мятны (zlapámjatny)
• Bulgarian: обидчив (bg) (obidčiv)
• Finnish: herkästi pahastuva, herkkähipiäinen (fi)
• French: rancunier (fr)
• Greek: μνησίκακος (el) (mnisíkakos)
• Italian: rancoroso (it) m
• Maori: mānatunatu, hūngeingei, whakamauāhara
• Polish: obrażalski (pl)
• Russian: оби́дчивый (ru) (obídčivyj), злопа́мятный (ru) (zlopámjatnyj)
• Spanish: resentido (es)
• Ukrainian: ура́зливий (urázlyvyj), уразли́вий (urazlývyj), образли́вий (obrazlývyj), злопа́м'ятний (zlopámʺjatnyj), злопа́м'ятливий (zlopámʺjatlyvyj)

full of resentment

• Belarusian: пакры́ўджаны (pakrýŭdžany), абу́раны (abúrany)
• Bulgarian: възмутен (bg) (vǎzmuten), обиден (bg) (obiden)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: rozhořčený m, naštvaný (cs) m, dopálený m, popuzený m
• Finnish: kaunainen (fi), katkera (fi), närkästynyt, pahoillaan (fi), harmistunut (fi) (from strongest to weakest)
• French: indigné (fr)
• German: empört (de), verärgert (de), ärgert (de)
• Irish: doicheallach, múisiamach
• 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)
• Ukrainian: обра́жений (obráženyj), обу́рений (obúrenyj)

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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 / 恼怒 (zh) (nǎonù), ^{(please verify)} 恼怒 (zh) (nǎonù), ^{(please verify)} 憤慨 / 愤慨 (zh) (fènkǎi), ^{(please verify)} 愤慨 (zh) (fènkǎi)

References

• “resentful”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “resentful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “resentful”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.