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Feels wronged by
Resents is the third-person singular of resent, meaning to feel bitter or indignant about something perceived as unfair or insulting.
Someone who resents a situation harbors ongoing ill will toward it: She resents being passed over for promotion.
The feeling often simmers beneath the surface rather than erupting openly.
Sheltered waters for mooring
- nursesMedical care professionals
- holdsKeeps in possession
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
spite · vendetta · feud · payback · retaliation · revenge · begrudge · ill-will
State of being displeased
- displeasureMild anger or disapproval
- disgruntlementSulky dissatisfaction with circumstances
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- unhappinessEmotional distress or woe
grievances · complaints · injustice · unfairness · mistreatment · wronged · aggrieved · disaffected
Begrudges another's advantages
- begrudgesEnvies or resents possession
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- envyResentful longing for another's
rivalry · comparing · success · achievement · favoritism · preferential · overlooked · passed-over
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
- fumingExtremely angry, visibly so
- outrageFierce moral indignation
wrath · fury · rage · ire · irritation · annoyance · exasperation · vexation
harbors
Sheltered waters for mooring
grievance · spite · vendetta · feud · payback · retaliation · revenge · begrudge · ill-will · score-settling
dissatisfaction
State of being displeased
- displeasureMild anger or disapproval
- disgruntlementSulky dissatisfaction with circumstances
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
unhappiness · grievances · complaints · injustice · unfairness · mistreatment · wronged · aggrieved · disaffected · disillusioned
envies
Begrudges another's advantages
- begrudgesEnvies or resents possession
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
envy · rivalry · comparing · success · achievement · favoritism · preferential · overlooked · passed-over · undervalued
bitterness
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
- fumingExtremely angry, visibly so
outrage · wrath · fury · rage · ire · irritation · annoyance · exasperation · vexation · incensed
antagonism
Active opposition or hostility
malice · contempt · disdain · loathing · hatred · aversion · rancor · acrimony · bitterness · coldness
resentscelebrates
Honors with festivities
applauds · cheers · supports · appreciates
- racial resentment
- class resentmentBitterness over economic hierarchy
resentment, resent, resentful, resend, resented, resenting, resentfully, resentfulness