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Resentful definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESENT'FUL, a. Easily provoked to anger; of an irritable temper.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will; "resentful at the way he was treated"; "a sullen resentful attitude" [ant: unresentful]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1656 1. full of resentment ; inclined to resent <felt resentful of her success> 2. caused or marked by resentment <resentful anger> • resentfully adverb • resentfulness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. feeling resentment. Derivatives: resentfully adv. resentfulness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Resentful Re*sent"ful (-f?l), a. Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable. -- Re*sent"ful*ly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you are resentful, you feel resentment. At first I felt very resentful and angry about losing my job... = aggrieved ADJ • resentfully For a moment she continued to look at him resentfully. ADV: usu ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Angry, irritable, irascible, choleric, revengeful, malignant.

Moby Thesaurus

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