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as in angry
having or showing deep-seated resentment
he is still resentful about being passed over for a promotion
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as in jealous
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
resentful of her cousin's wealth
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Recent Examples of resentful
Depressed and resentful in the wake of his cancellation, Oscar catches a glimpse of Rebecca, once a major movie star, at a Paris café.
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Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Conversely, bottling up your insecurities can leave you feeling lonely and resentful.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Now resentful of Rome and his mother, Lucius enters the Colosseum to get revenge and fulfill his destiny.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Elisabeth grows increasingly resentful of Sue, while Sue is more and more willing to endanger Elisabeth by hanging onto herself longer and longer.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
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Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Conversely, bottling up your insecurities can leave you feeling lonely and resentful.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Now resentful of Rome and his mother, Lucius enters the Colosseum to get revenge and fulfill his destiny.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Elisabeth grows increasingly resentful of Sue, while Sue is more and more willing to endanger Elisabeth by hanging onto herself longer and longer.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
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Hezbollah’s reputation in the country has suffered; many Lebanese, including the militia’s Shiite supporters, are angry at the scale of destruction of a war that many saw as unnecessary.Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
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Yet just a season ago the Galaxy’s main supporters’ groups were boycotting home games, angry over the team’s lack of direction and its dysfunctional front office.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Devin Williams received back-to-back sentences of 25 years to life in prison for the fatal shootings of Maria and Benison Tran, who were shot at near point-blank range after Williams snuck into their Dublin home and confronted them in a fit of jealous rage.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Luckily, Sebastian, another of Sybil’s ex-fiancés, is vacationing at Starling Ranch too, and agrees to act as Sybil’s fake boyfriend to make Jamie jealous.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Despite Democrats framing this election as a battle over the fate of democracy, their refusal to give any ground to pro-lifers revealed the whole message as a cynical scam.Paul Macrae, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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Grotesque inequalities of income, wealth, opportunity, and power have caused most Americans to feel angry, surly, cynical, and ready to take a wrecking ball to the whole system.Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
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Albeit flat, the insoles are lightly padded, which keeps our feet from feeling sore by the end of the day.Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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By day, hit the powder, then relieve sore muscles at the spa.Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Anyone who requires evidence need only look at Steve Cooper, who found to his detriment that crossing the bitter East Midlands divide from Nottingham Forest to Leicester City was an insurmountable task.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Cooking with beer concentrates its flavors, amplifying any bitter notes.Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024
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The conditions were ripe for a takeover, and Richard J. Daley — who had taken control of the Cook County Democratic Party — defeated Kennelly in a rancorous three-way primary in 1955.Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
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These disputes became more rancorous after Russia’s 2008 war in Georgia and its 2014 annexation of Crimea, with liberal internationalists arguing that these wars revealed Putin to be an imperialist, revisionist leader seeking to reconquer the Soviet empire.Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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“Resentful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resentful. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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