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I guess it’s the former in Miller’s case, but also a little complicated because there was real resentment pretty early on in Miller’s life.

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As you said, there was a lot of actual resentment present in his early years, particularly towards students of color, and the trolling was often a mask for that resentment.

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The Red River Showdown traditionally has been a midmorning buffet of resentment and braggadocio, of “those sorry bastards” and Horns Down hysterics.

Rogue officers destroy respect, erode community trust and generate resentment that may one day erupt in violence.

One of the few constants since the vote has been resentment toward the man who pulled the Brexit trigger.

Another chilling recipe for injustice and resentment by closing down the open society you seek to promote.

Was there lingering resentment over you choosing your wife over Lauryn?

Bradlee felt deceived by his friends but, “with both of them gone from my life, resentment seemed foolish.”

A rash of crimes against gay and trans* people point to a possible brewing class resentment in the “hip” parts of Brooklyn.

Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people.

Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.

Here was the strangeness of it: that he did not distrust Lettice, nor felt resentment against Tony.

The keen resentment had faded from his face, but an immense reproach was there—a heavy, helpless, appealing reproach.

He conspired against Richelieu, to whom he was indebted for much of his good fortune, and to whose resentment he fell a victim.

General Stanhope then repeated to him, all that the impassioned resentment of Ripperda had excited him to avow.

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On this page you'll find 119 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to resentment, such as: acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, and bitterness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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