noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bitter
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It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves and blissful gratification and tenderness.
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Cain's bitter resentment shows a very different spirit.
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But however bitter the resentment against purveyance, it was too valuable for the Crown to surrender.
certain
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A certain resentment was becoming evident among them, which the sight of the desolate kitchen enhanced.
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There was always a certain resentment , whenever they came to visit, at having to give up her study.
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But anything which seemed to offer a challenge to what they regarded as their rightful status was certain to cause resentment .
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Having nursed a certain amount of resentment about his high-handedness, Anne began to reassess.
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It could have led to a certain amount of resentment , particularly when the material benefits flowed in for Hannah.
deep
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I have a deep and abiding resentment of the unfair attacks that are made on us as a profession.
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Despite my disappointment I could not focus any deep resentment on the maharajah.
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There was one section of the Treaty, however, that occasioned deep anger and resentment .
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There's deep resentment from people who fear a lifetime of hard work could come to nothing.
great
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This Remirro did, though at the cost of great popular resentment .
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It is the peculiar nature of the bureaucracy that sensible initiatives like this arouse great resentment and efforts at evasion.
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Damn Julius! she muttered to herself in a great surge of resentment .
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There was great resentment , and considerable passive resistance.
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That meant rushing women to the head of the training line, causing great resentment among the men who were pushed aside.
widespread
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Yet payments of fees on a means-tested basis changed the nature of the voluntary sector and caused widespread resentment .
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The majority of insured unemployed were subject to the means test and there was naturally widespread resentment of this.
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In particular, there was widespread resentment against the police for the role which they had played in repressing the movement.
■ VERB
arouse
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This aroused the resentment of almost the whole front bench, but Wigg's hostility was not evenly spread.
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It is the peculiar nature of the bureaucracy that sensible initiatives like this arouse great resentment and efforts at evasion.
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This aroused their resentment , and consequently their respect.
cause
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This whiff of hypocrisy can only cause resentment .
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Of course, I knew my success would cause resentment .
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It caused resentment in Britain, after 1973 however, because Britain had an extensive coastline and a large fishing industry.
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Given that Washington has for years refused to pay its dues in full, this discrepancy has caused resentment .
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Some people seem able to indicate disapproval without causing offence whilst others cause resentment even with the mildest expression of dissatisfaction.
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This in itself causes bitterness and resentment in teachers and taught.
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That meant rushing women to the head of the training line, causing great resentment among the men who were pushed aside.
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But anything which seemed to offer a challenge to what they regarded as their rightful status was certain to cause resentment .
create
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He was by now a very powerful man and had created jealousy and resentment .
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Legal regulation tends to create administrative burdens, resentment and loss of self-esteem through the undermining of professional autonomy.
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Anything more calculated to create anger and resentment can not be imagined, but worse followed.
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For others it could create feelings of resentment about their material inferiority.
express
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Pepys never expresses surprise or resentment .
feel
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She felt a stab of resentment for the Church's claims on her precious holiday.
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I know the feeling of resentment , of anger, of a kind of twisted jealousy.
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When we feel resentment or act out of a sense of duty it can sometimes be seen and felt by the person concerned.
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Before, I'd felt little resentment and shrugged off being labelled daft or deaf, never needing to cry in front of them.
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He felt the resentment building up in waves of pressure which threatened to burst his head open like an over-inflated balloon.
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She felt a surge of resentment .
harbour
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The students harboured hidden resentment and committed deceit.
increase
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Property prices continued to rise substantially faster than inflation, and there was evidence of increasing public resentment towards speculators.
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For five months tourists flocked to the area, creating traffic jams and increasing resentment from some of the locals.
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Increasing their market share domestically might serve only to increase political resentment .
show
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The great majority of the children recovered very quickly after a quarrel and showed no evidence of resentment .
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Perhaps the only member of the family who at times showed resentment was Sam, the next in line.
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I behaved with great dignity and showed none of the resentment I may have felt.
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He'd been patronised and shown no resentment .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
arouse hostility/suspicion/resentment/anger etc
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Although it quickly subsided, what I was able to catch was sufficient to arouse suspicion.
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In schools the increasing number of para.professionals creeping in under the resources umbrella have understandably aroused suspicions in teachers' union branches.
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Parked vehicles that arouse suspicion should be reported.
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Similarly the threat of a loss arouses anxiety and actual loss causes sorrow, while both situations are likely to arouse anger.
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The beguiling simplicity of the flat tax is one reason it arouses suspicion.
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The two painters downstairs impinge - directly through their crazy behaviour arousing suspicion against themselves, and indirectly through Porfiry.
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They are fascinating and frightening; they arouse anger and they are defiant.
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Unless your home is totally dilapidated, steer clear of a complete redecoration prior to selling: it will arouse suspicion.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Resentment and jealousy can often build up in relationships.
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Patricia stared at the other girls with resentment .
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Patrick stared at her with resentment .
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She couldn't let go of her resentment over the divorce.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And Dexter tried to calm his faint resentment against her for casting a shadow over his optimistic mood.
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Bitterness, anger and resentment can act as emotional cancers, eating us up inside.
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But there was resentment also at the lack of industrial development in the city and its surrounding areas.
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Ezra had read it and was surprised by his resentment .
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I know the feeling of resentment , of anger, of a kind of twisted jealousy.
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Neither Mama nor Dad showed the slightest surprise or resentment toward the doctor.
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She felt a stab of resentment for the Church's claims on her precious holiday.
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The repudiation now seemed too high a price, and in my resentment , I determined not to make any more concessions.