resentment
Etymology
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Etymology
From Italian risentimento, or French ressentiment from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir via Old French sentir, from Latin sentiō, sentīre.
Pronunciation Nounresentment
- Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.
- 1813 January 26, [Jane Austen], “3”, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC ↗:
- Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters.
- (obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon it; feeling; impression.
- 1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “(please specify the page)”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Joseph Downing […], published 1713, →OCLC ↗:
- He retains so vivid resentments of the more solid morality.
- 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC ↗:
- It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger.
- (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude
- French: ressentiment, agacement, rancune
- German: Ressentiment, Abneigung, Missgunst, Ärger, Groll, Feindseligkeit, Unmut, Verbitterung, Verstimmung, Verachtung
- Portuguese: ressentimento
- Russian: негодова́ние
- Spanish: resentimiento, animadversión, animosidad, rencor, tirria, indignación
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