resent
Feel bitter about
To resent is to feel bitter or indignant about something perceived as unfair or insulting: She resented being passed over for promotion.
Resentment often festers—you can resent something for years.
The object is typically a person, action, or situation: He resented his brother's success, I resent the implication that I was lying.
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- begrudgeEnvy or give unwillingly
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- ill willHostile or unfriendly feeling
- hard feelingsLasting resentment or anger
rancor · spite · vendetta · score-settling · umbrage · nursing · harboring · festering
Resentful longing for another's
- begrudgeEnvy or give unwillingly
- covetDesire greedily
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
comparison · success · favoritism · privilege · advantage · sibling · colleague · peer
Active, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
- acrimonyBitter ill will
malice · ill feeling · tension · friction · coldness · estrangement · alienation · distrust
Feeling hurt or disrespected
- affrontedInsulted or disrespected
- aggrievedFeeling unjustly wronged
- insultedOffended by disrespect
- disrespectedTreated with contempt
slighted · wronged · mistreated · unfairness · injustice · outraged · piqued · displeased
bitterness
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- begrudgeEnvy or give unwillingly
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- ill willHostile or unfriendly feeling
hard feelings · rancor · spite · vendetta · score-settling · umbrage · nursing · harboring · festering · smoldering
envy
Resentful longing for another's
- begrudgeEnvy or give unwillingly
- covetDesire greedily
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
rivalry · comparison · success · favoritism · privilege · advantage · sibling · colleague · peer · achievement
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
acrimony · malice · ill feeling · tension · friction · coldness · estrangement · alienation · distrust · wariness
offended
Feeling hurt or disrespected
disrespected · slighted · wronged · mistreated · unfairness · injustice · outraged · piqued · displeased · humiliated
- research presentationFormal sharing of study findings
- racial resentment
- class resentmentBitterness over economic hierarchy
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