He felt a resentment against his uncle for taking him in.
Source: tatoeba (29967)
Resentment
//ɹɪˈzɛnt.mənt//
Synonyms for "resentment" (76 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (38)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
89 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مرارة noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Bulgarian
1 entries- възмущение noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Catalan
4 entries- indignació noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- rancor noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- ressentiment noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- tírria noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ناڕەزایی noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Chamicuro
1 entries- suchi noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不滿 /不满 noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- 憤慨 /愤慨 noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Czech
3 entries- dopal noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- vztek noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- zlost noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Danish
3 entries- fortørnelse noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- harme noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- vrede noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Dutch
2 entries- misnoegen noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- wrok noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Esperanto
1 entries- rankoro noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Estonian
2 entries- meelepaha noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- pahameel noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Finnish
2 entries- mielipaha noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- närkästys noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
French
3 entries- agacement noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- rancune noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- ressentiment noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
German
2 entries- Groll noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- Ressentiment noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Greek
3 entries- αγανάκτηση noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- δυσαρέσκεια noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- κακοφανισμός noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Hindi
4 entries- अप्रसन्नता noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- अमर्ष noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- आक्रोश noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- कुढ़न noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Hungarian
1 entries- neheztelés noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Icelandic
3 entries- biturð noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- gremja noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- gremjublandin vanþóknun noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Ido
2 entries- indigno noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- rankoro noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Japanese
4 entries- 恨み noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- 憤り noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- 憤慨 noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- 憤懣 noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Korean
1 entries- 원망 noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Macedonian
2 entries- негоду́вање noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- ого́рченост noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Mongolian
4 entries- дургүйцэл noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- зэвүүцэл noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- эгдүүцэл noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- ᠡᠭᠳᠡᠭᠦᠴᠡᠯ noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Māori
3 entries- hīkaka noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- hūneinei noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- hūngeingei noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- misnøye noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Polish
2 entries- ansa noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- resentyment noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Portuguese
1 entries- ressentimento noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Romanian
1 entries- resentiment noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Russian
2 entries- возмуще́ние noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- негодова́ние noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- indignacija noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- negodovanje noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- resantiman noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- resentiman noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Spanish
4 entries- animadversión noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- animosidad noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- indignación noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- rencor noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Swedish
1 entries- harm noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Thai
2 entries- ความขุ่นเคือง noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- ความไม่พอใจ noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Turkish
2 entries- burukluk noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
- dargınlık noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giận noun (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The resentment runs deep.
Source: tatoeba (243496)
I feel resentment against your unwarranted criticism.
Source: tatoeba (321778)
My wife harbors a deep-seated resentment toward her father.
Source: tatoeba (731327)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.