OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26064

resentment

/ɹɪˈzɛnt.mənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
animadversión • animosidad • indignación • rencor • resentimiento • tirria
Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one or one's group has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.
Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour, was sharpened into particular resentment, by his having slighted one of her daughters.
Younger [Customs] examiners, who, perhaps, have not yet acquired the intuition resulting from years of experience, seem partly responsible for the closer examination of incoming lu…
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