resentment
US: /ɹɪˈzɛnmənt/, /ɹɪˈzɛntmənt/
UK: /ɹɪsˈɛntmənt/
UK: /ɹɪsˈɛntmənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
resentment /ri'zentmənt/
- danh từ
- sự phẫn uất, sự oán giận
- to bear (habour) resentment agaisnt someone for having done something: oán giận người nào vì đã làm việc gì
- sự phật ý, sự bực bội
- sự phẫn uất, sự oán giận
Advanced English dictionary
+ 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.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
bitterness, acrimony, rancour, envy, jealousy, grudge, indignation, displeasure, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, irritation, annoyance, provocation, pique, anger, ire, fury, agitation, upset, anxiety, ill will, malice, antagonism, hostility, animosity, enmity, antipathy, hate:
Some believe that inequality among people provokes resentment.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
angry, bitter, considerable, deep, deep-seated, great, intense, smouldering | growing, increasing | popular, widespread | old
She felt all her old resentment flaring up.
VERB + RESENTMENT
bear, feel, harbour
I bore him no resentment. You seem to be harbouring some resentment against your boss.
| express, show | contain, hide
He struggled to contain his resentment.
| arouse, breed, cause, create, fuel, give rise to, lead to, provoke
Inequality breeds resentment.
RESENTMENT + VERB
build up, grow
Don't let your resentment build up.
| flare up
PREP.
~ about/over
Maggie was filled with resentment about her treatment.
| ~ against
the growing resentment against foreigners
| ~ among
The measures fuelled resentment among students.
| ~ at
I felt great resentment at having to work such long hours.
| ~ between
the bitter resentment between the two brothers
| ~ towards
their resentment towards each other
PHRASES
a cause/source of resentment, a feeling/sense of resentment
Concise English dictionary
resentmentsrɪ'zentmənt
noun
+a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
