Resentiment

//ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
  2. 2
    Obsolete form of resentment. alt-of, obsolete

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rancoracrimonyaggravationagitationangeranimosity

Etymology

From French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Doublet of resentment and ressentiment.

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