Definition of resentment

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Resentment (n.) In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced..

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Presentment :: Presentment (n.) The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation..
Resentment :: Resentment (n.) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression..
Take :: Take (v. t.) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man..
Resentment :: Resentment (n.) In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude..
Pacify :: Pacify (v. t.) To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity..
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition.
Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
Provocation :: Provocation (n.) That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment; as, to give provocation..
Traversable :: Traversable (a.) Deniable; specifically (Law), liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment..
Tolerable :: Tolerable (a.) Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation..
Verderor :: Verderor (n.) An officer who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To excite to action by causing resentment or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as, to pique ambition, or curiosity..
Resentment :: Resentment (n.) In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced..
Wreak :: Wreak (v. t.) Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
Presentment :: Presentment (n.) The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.
Roil :: Roil (v.) To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex..
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment..
Indict :: Indict (v. t.) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach..
Bridle :: Bridle (v. i.) To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up..
Resentingly :: Resentingly (adv.) With a sense of wrong or affront; with resentment.
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