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resentful

[ri-zent-fuhl] / rɪˈzɛnt fəl /


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One chapter focuses on the “depleting, frustrating, resentful boredom” that defined his experience of parenting young children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

When Dave screws up, you get a performance improvement plan and Dave gets resentful.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025

Eli, who’s married but in a complicated open relationship situation with his increasingly resentful wife, would rather not have to choose sides in the vaccine mandate debate.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025

And it seems clear that, as a result, many men won’t get what they want and will end up resentful over it, while women may simply go their own way.

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2025

They left, Snape leading the way, Malfoy looking resentful.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling