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as in angry
having or showing deep-seated resentment
he is still resentful about being passed over for a promotion
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as in jealous
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
resentful of her cousin's wealth
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Recent Examples of resentful
At the same time, Elphaba is established as a cruelly mocked outcast, her relationship with Glinda starting on a mutually resentful note when they are obliged to share a room.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
The narrator, at times, feels constrained by, even resentful of, this reality.
—Sarah Thankam Mathews, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
Our glorious two-episode streak free from resentful veteran detectives is over, but Elsbeth and Kaya’s work is not!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Depressed and resentful in the wake of his cancellation, Oscar catches a glimpse of Rebecca, once a major movie star, at a Paris café.
—Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
The narrator, at times, feels constrained by, even resentful of, this reality.
—Sarah Thankam Mathews, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
Our glorious two-episode streak free from resentful veteran detectives is over, but Elsbeth and Kaya’s work is not!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Depressed and resentful in the wake of his cancellation, Oscar catches a glimpse of Rebecca, once a major movie star, at a Paris café.
—Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resentful
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Hezbollah’s reputation in the country has suffered; many Lebanese, including the militia’s Shiite supporters, are angry at the scale of destruction of a war that many saw as unnecessary.Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
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Yet just a season ago the Galaxy’s main supporters’ groups were boycotting home games, angry over the team’s lack of direction and its dysfunctional front office.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Photograph: Amazon; Getty Images Growing up means being jealous of someone who owns a Dyson vacuum (#adulting).Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
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Some of Holt’s husbands were extremely wealthy, leading to lavish lifestyles between Los Angeles and New York; Holt at times was jealous of how much easier her daughters’ childhoods were in comparison.Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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Grotesque inequalities of income, wealth, opportunity, and power have caused most Americans to feel angry, surly, cynical, and ready to take a wrecking ball to the whole system.Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
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Despite Democrats framing this election as a battle over the fate of democracy, their refusal to give any ground to pro-lifers revealed the whole message as a cynical scam.Paul Macrae, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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The prosecutors in particular are a sore point for Yoon.Jessie Yeung, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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Also remember that after the procedure, your lips will be sore and swollen, says Dr. Lee.Kate Foster, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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Anyone who requires evidence need only look at Steve Cooper, who found to his detriment that crossing the bitter East Midlands divide from Nottingham Forest to Leicester City was an insurmountable task.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Cooking with beer concentrates its flavors, amplifying any bitter notes.Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024
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The conditions were ripe for a takeover, and Richard J. Daley — who had taken control of the Cook County Democratic Party — defeated Kennelly in a rancorous three-way primary in 1955.Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
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These disputes became more rancorous after Russia’s 2008 war in Georgia and its 2014 annexation of Crimea, with liberal internationalists arguing that these wars revealed Putin to be an imperialist, revisionist leader seeking to reconquer the Soviet empire.Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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“Resentful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resentful. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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