Definitions

resentful

[ri-zent-fuhl] / rɪˈzɛnt fəl /

ADJECTIVE

hostile

Synonyms

STRONGEST

belligerent bitter hateful spiteful unsympathetic

WEAK

acrimonious adverse alien allergic anti argumentative bellicose catty chill cold competitive contentious contrary disapproving dour embittered hard ill-disposed inhospitable inimical malevolent malicious malignant militant nasty opposed opposite oppugnant ornery pugnacious rancorous scrappy sour surly unfavorable unfriendly unkind unpropitious unsociable unwelcoming viperous virulent vitriolic warlike

Antonyms

STRONGEST

helping kind nice pleasant

Example Sentences

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I find that I am increasingly resentful that he refuses to help me any more financially.

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He tried hard to be a better dad as he got older, and I decided to stop being resentful.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Eyman draws a picture of “an increasingly resentful child . . . dragged through a succession of cow towns and surrogate fathers.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The novel relates the partly autobiographical story of Charley Klein, who is raised in community housing in the Bronx, N.Y., in the 1930s by an overworked mother and a resentful, invalid father.

From The Wall Street Journal

The abrupt shift left Harvey resentful and disenfranchised.

From Los Angeles Times

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