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resentful
adjective as in hostile
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- acrimonious
- adverse
- alien
- allergic
- anti
- argumentative
- bellicose
- catty
- chill
- cold
- competitive
- contentious
- contrary
- disapproving
- dour
- embittered
- hard
- ill-disposed
- inhospitable
- inimical
- malevolent
- malicious
- malignant
- militant
- nasty
- opposed
- opposite
- oppugnant
- ornery
- pugnacious
- rancorous
- scrappy
- sour
- surly
- unfavorable
- unfriendly
- unkind
- unpropitious
- unsociable
- unwelcoming
- viperous
- virulent
- vitriolic
- warlike
Example Sentences
As Jason Stanley puts it, “Authoritarians…erase history… seeking to separate us from our own history to destroy our self-understanding and leave us unmoored, resentful, and confused.”
Whether this philanthropy was designed to appease resentful citizens or motivated by genuine care for their communities is debatable.
A few adults surveyed, however, still felt resentful about their parents lying to them.
For people who already believe that male dominance and patriarchy are mandated by God, it's easy to feel resentful when told the price of power is duty.
Will a tide of resentful, low-propensity voters, understandably alienated from the undemocratic status quo and eager to punish the so-called elites, deliver a death-blow to democracy?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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