resentful

[ri-zent-fuhl]

adjective

1. full of or marked by resentment.

Other Word Forms

• resentfully adverb
• resentfulness noun
• unresentful adjective
• unresentfully adverb
• unresentfulness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of resentful¹

First recorded in 1645–55; resent + -ful

Example Sentences

"The only way the swag gap wouldn't be problematic was if the partner with less swag was a cheerleader for their partner and proud of them rather than emasculated or resentful."

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She is resentful of Blundy, thwarted in her career, simmering with resentment.

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Eli, who’s married but in a complicated open relationship situation with his increasingly resentful wife, would rather not have to choose sides in the vaccine mandate debate.

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Sure, the Republican Party still had a large and resentful voter base that refused to die off or shut up, but its demographic was aging and increasingly irrelevant, or so it seemed.

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"She's caring but resentful, struggling with relationships and not fulfilled," she explains.

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Related Words

• belligerent 
• bitter 
• hateful 
• spiteful 
• unsympathetic