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

Mr. Eyman draws a picture of “an increasingly resentful child . . . dragged through a succession of cow towns and surrogate fathers.”

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

The Ku Klux Klan lurked as a constant threat, and resentful Whites were ever present.

Read more on Literature

The novel relates the partly autobiographical story of Charley Klein, who is raised in community housing in the Bronx, N.Y., in the 1930s by an overworked mother and a resentful, invalid father.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

The abrupt shift left Harvey resentful and disenfranchised.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

He has two children that live at home with us and the financial burden falls on me, which is mostly fine; I’m their stepmom, after all, but I’m getting resentful.

Read more on MarketWatch

Related Words

• belligerent 
• bitter 
• hateful 
• spiteful 
• unsympathetic