RESENTMENT


Meaning of RESENTMENT in English

/ rɪˈzentmənt; NAmE / noun

[ U , sing. ] a feeling of anger or unhappiness about sth that you think is unfair :

to feel / harbour / bear resentment towards / against sb

She could not conceal the deep resentment she felt at the way she had been treated.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from Italian risentimento or French ressentiment , from obsolete French resentir , from re- (expressing intensive force) + sentir feel (from Latin sentire ).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.