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as in grudges
a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong
if you continue to harbor resentment toward your father, you'll never be able to move on with your life
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as in frustrations
the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity
my resentment at being spoken to like I'm stupid
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Recent Examples of resentments
Juggling careers and kids takes a toll on families, and housework often is fraught with resentments over who is doing it.
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Tracee M. Herbaugh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Only tiny lives, full of tiny resentments nobody cares about in Cortez, Colorado.
—Brian Maass, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Man-su and Mi-ri are more happily married, but months of unemployment and multiple homicides take their toll, excavating old resentments and failures, including Man-su’s past struggles with alcoholism.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
This will help keep your concerns from blossoming into resentments, or other negative feelings that could endanger your recovery.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Washington and its allies should systematically call out these divisions, as well as the deep resentments felt within regimes over malfeasance and corruption, aiming to drive wedges between the elites and the ruler.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
What begins as a polite debate over aesthetics and taste devolves into a clash of egos and resentments.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2025
These simmering resentments, along with standard NHS protocol and the need to kick the story into gear, help explain why Liz chooses to call social services when Jess unconvincingly insists her infant daughter Betsey simply fell down while crawling.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
Old wounds, financial matters or unspoken resentments in your one-on-one relationships may need to be revisited, or at the very least reflected upon with a fresh perspective.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resentments
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Still, the Bulldogs’ defensive back doesn’t harbor any grudges toward Sanders, nor CU.—
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The strength of the Republican appeal to isolationism is essentially one of political revenge, a feeling that now is the time to settle old scores and old grudges.—
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There are no speakers in the songs of MJ Lenderman other than MJ Lenderman, whose diffidence and exhaustion are in all-too-perfect lockstep with the psychic frustrations of his listeners.—
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After the third giveaway happened with six seconds left in the second quarter, Schaefer expressed his frustrations with his trademark jacket removal.—
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His hair-trigger homemade contraption pressured all three major networks into giving Kiritsis airtime to explain his grievances to the public.—
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The protests began last week with economic grievances as the Iranian currency, the rial, tanked.—
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As much as Payton bristles about media storylines and huffs about tempo questions, the Broncos went 25 minutes without a first down against Las Vegas.—
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Side effects were generally mild and short-term, but included skin irritations and headaches.—
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Make sure your bathroom is well-ventilated to factor out chemicals, and wear protective gloves to keep your skin safe from chemicals that can cause irritations.—
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“Resentments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resentments. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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