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as in grudge
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 jealousy
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too
I don't have any resentment over my friend's luxurious house
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as in anger
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 resentment
For rural communities already wary of outside development, the combination of secrecy and scale has deepened resentment.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
Even when Sam and Mary are no longer speaking, they are still tethered together by deep resentment and pain.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
But as the years and resentments pile on, their cancerous brotherhood threatens to obliterate them both.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
The two would eventually become engaged before calling things off in 2012, but Hogan appeared to still harbor some resentment for the way their relationship played out.
—Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
Even when Sam and Mary are no longer speaking, they are still tethered together by deep resentment and pain.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
But as the years and resentments pile on, their cancerous brotherhood threatens to obliterate them both.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
The two would eventually become engaged before calling things off in 2012, but Hogan appeared to still harbor some resentment for the way their relationship played out.
—Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resentment
Noun
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Brady didn’t appear to hold a grudge and could be seen laughing during the rest of Ross’ set.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Hannah Alline – Feral A man (Ethan Embry) with a grudge against women crashes a bachelorette party prepared to brutally kill everyone there.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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Enter Grace Li, the group’s essential frenemy, held up by their parents as the model student and golden child, and thus a decades-long source of jealousy and resentment.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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This jealousy isn’t helping me.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
Noun
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In response to that outpouring of anger, the government said Starmer acknowledged fear within the community.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
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The anger is understandable, but it’s pointed in the wrong direction.—
Robert Johnson,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
Noun
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These days, revenge literature arrives most often as a sordid memoir or roman à clef in which grievances are recounted, villainy exposed, and relevant facts set forth.—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Tensions have been fraught between the president and the United Kingdom under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and the list of grievances is long.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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In the centuries since colonists waged war against the crown, American’s attitudes toward the royals have shifted from hatred to adoration.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Among agonized grunts and huffs, Probst narrated the fumbles.—
Sarah Grant,
New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2026
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David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Most fans understand that the need for more professional-caliber resources wasn’t going to be met under Mohegan Tribe ownership, but there is deep frustration over the Sun’s relocation out of New England.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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But for the residents and business-owners, the possibility of another set of G train outage evoked frustration after two years of service suspensions while crews worked to upgrade the signaling system on the Crosstown Line.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Rhys, long an expert at instilling indignation with soulful sentiment, gets pushed further here.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
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Racing’s indignation over that, as well as that of anger in the general public, prompted the formation by Congress of a bill that would ban the slaughter of horses in the United States.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Resentment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resentment. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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