resentment
Etymology

From Italian risentimento, or French ressentiment from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir via Old French sentir, from Latin sentiō, sentīre.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: rĭ-zĕntʹmənt, IPA: /ɹɪˈzɛnt.mənt/
Noun

resentment

  1. 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.
  2. (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.
  3. (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude
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