Another word for resentment
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Noun
Extreme displeasure caused by an insult or slight
- Offense or resentment:
- Shadow or shade:
- Trees or foliage affording shade.
- A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride.
- To cause to feel resentment or indignation.
- To provoke; arouse:
- The act of causing anger, resentment, displeasure, or affront.
- The state of being offended.
- A violation or infraction of a moral or social code; a transgression or sin.
- A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff.
- A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff.
- To cause to become offended or annoyed.
- A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique:
- To puff; blow.
- To make noisy, empty threats; bluster.
- A sullen, angry, or indignant humor:
The quality or state of feeling bitter
- Dated form of virulence.
- the quality of being virulent, or very poisonous, noxious, malignant, etc.
- bitter animosity; venom; rancor
- the relative infectiousness of a microorganism causing disease
- The characteristic of being resentful.
- Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will:
- Outrageous insolence; effrontery:
- Bitterness of feeling; rancor.
- Something bitter to endure:
- (uncountable) The state of being embittered
- (countable) Something which embitters
- the quality of having a bitter taste
- the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment
- Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior.
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Another word for resentment
Noun
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- A bitter, alkaline, brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow fluid that is secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum and aids in the emulsification, digestion, and absorption of fats.
- Bitterness of temper; ill humor; irascibility.
- Either of two bodily humors, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
- Outrageous insolence; effrontery:
- Bitterness of feeling; rancor.
- Something bitter to endure:
- Absence of contentment; dissatisfaction.
- A restless longing for better circumstances.
- One who is discontented.
- The act of irritating:
- The condition of being irritated; vexation:
- A source of irritation:
- The act of annoying or the state of being annoyed.
- A cause of irritation or vexation; a nuisance.
- Anger; irritability.
- One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, thought to cause anger and bad temper when present in excess; yellow bile.
- The quality and condition of being bilious.
- The act or an instance of exasperating.
- The state of being exasperated; frustrated annoyance.
- The condition of being vexed; annoyance:
- A source of irritation or annoyance:
- A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite.
- The intent to commit an unlawful act without justification or excuse.
- An improper motive for an action, such as desire to cause injury to another.
- Anger; wrath.
- A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility.
- To make angry; enrage or provoke.
- To become angry:
- (idiomatic) Resentment, anger.
- Unfriendly feeling; enmity.
- The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity.
- A hostile act.
- Acts of war; overt warfare.
- An act of extreme violence or viciousness:
- Something that is grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste:
- Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act, or an instance of this:
- Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate another person.
- To treat with spite; show spite toward:
- A jealous attitude or disposition.
- Close vigilance.
- A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another.
- The object of such feeling:
- Malevolence.
- To be reluctant to give or admit:
- To resent for having; begrudge:
- A deep-seated feeling of resentment or rancor:
- Offense or resentment:
- Shadow or shade:
- Trees or foliage affording shade.
- An increase in the severity of a disease or in any of its signs or symptoms.
- Sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone.
- Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior.
- The act of perturbing.
- The state of being perturbed; agitation.
- A small change in a physical system, such as a variation in a planet's orbit resulting from the gravitational influence of other celestial bodies.
- To cause physical damage or pain to (an individual or a body part); injure:
- To experience injury or pain to or in (an individual or a body part):
- To cause mental or emotional suffering to; distress:
- Hostility that results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness.
- The condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor:
- Interference in the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.
- A feeling of animosity; ill will.
- An attitude that informs one's actions; disposition or intention.
- In Jungian psychology, the masculine inner personality as present in women.
- Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will:
- The condition or fact of being displeased; dissatisfaction.
- Discomfort, uneasiness, or pain.
- An injurious offense.
- The act of causing anger, resentment, displeasure, or affront.
- The state of being offended.
- A violation or infraction of a moral or social code; a transgression or sin.
- A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride.
- To cause to feel resentment or indignation.
- To provoke; arouse:
- Anger aroused by something perceived as unjust, mean, or unworthy.
- the quality of having a bitter taste
- the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment
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