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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

Beyond that, the main point of similarity between Bessette and Diana is that the paparazzi hounded both – Diana to death, and Bessette to resentful exhaustion.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

I am resentful that his children were no-shows for his heart surgery, yet they are vultures about his assets.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

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

Kevan Lannister was beginning to understand why Cersei had grown so resentful of the Tyrells.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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