Resentful
[rɪ'zentfʊl;-f(ə)l] or [rɪ'zɛntfl]
Definition
(adj.) full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will; 'resentful at the way he was treated'; 'a sullen resentful attitude' .
Typed by Justine--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.
Typed by Larry
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Irascible, choleric, vindictive, revengeful, malignant, ill-tempered.
Checker: Sinclair
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Choleric, malicious, vindictive, intolerant, insubmissive
ANT:Meek, mild, placable, tolerant, forgiving, submissive
Typist: Montague
Examples
- A hinge gave out a resentful groan. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They are not the thoughts of a model heroine under her circumstances, but they are those of a deeply-feeling, strongly-resentful peasant-girl. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Both women were hostile and resentful. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We shall meet again, I trust, said the Templar, casting a resentful glance at his antagonist; and where there are none to separate us. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Yet she could not help feeling rather resentful at the way in which Gudrun and Gerald should assume a right over her, a precedence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- My temper would perhaps be called resentful. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Typist: Montague