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as in grudges
a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong
if you continue to harbor resentment toward your father, you'll never be able to move on with your life
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as in frustrations
the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity
my resentment at being spoken to like I'm stupid
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Recent Examples of resentments
So, your family members may have older resentments that acted as kindling.
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2024
Pay attention especially to conflicts and resentments that boil under the Mars opposition to Pluto on January 3, and to straws that break the camel’s back around the Sun-Mars opposition on January 15.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
Rasoulof has talked about purposefully making his films less allegorical as his career has progressed, preferring to present his stories about oppression and totalitarianism plainly, so that his resentments are indisputable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
But when unanticipated side effects emerge, resentments between the sisters come to a head.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
Her workaholism, her alcoholism, her resentments.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
Slowly but surely, the resentments begin to grow.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
We're used to seething resentments and bizarre claims, boasts and lies.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
And Butterworth, along with his uncannily simpatico director Sam Mendes, does expert work on the evisceration front, doling out tidbits of decades-old family resentments until just the right moments for the cutting open.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2024
Pay attention especially to conflicts and resentments that boil under the Mars opposition to Pluto on January 3, and to straws that break the camel’s back around the Sun-Mars opposition on January 15.
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
Rasoulof has talked about purposefully making his films less allegorical as his career has progressed, preferring to present his stories about oppression and totalitarianism plainly, so that his resentments are indisputable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
But when unanticipated side effects emerge, resentments between the sisters come to a head.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
Her workaholism, her alcoholism, her resentments.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
Slowly but surely, the resentments begin to grow.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
We're used to seething resentments and bizarre claims, boasts and lies.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
And Butterworth, along with his uncannily simpatico director Sam Mendes, does expert work on the evisceration front, doling out tidbits of decades-old family resentments until just the right moments for the cutting open.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Resentments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resentments. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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