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| Main Entry: | resentful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, adverse, alien, allergic*, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, bitter, catty*, chill*, cold*, competitive, contentious, contrary, dour, embittered, hard, hateful, inhospitable, inimical, malevolent, malicious, malignant, militant, nasty, opposed, opposite, ornery*, pugnacious, rancorous, scrappy*, sour*, spiteful, surly, unfavorable, unfriendly, unkind, unpropitious, unsociable, unsympathetic, viperous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike, anti*, disapproving, ill-disposed, oppugnant, unwelcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | angry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being mad, often extremely mad |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bitter, choleric, cross, displeased, enraged, ferocious, fierce, fiery, furious, hateful, heated, hot, huffy, ill-tempered, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, irritable, irritated, offended, provoked, raging, sore, sulky, sullen, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uptight, wrathful, affronted, antagonized, chafed, convulsed, exacerbated, exasperated, fuming, galled, ireful, maddened, nettled, outraged, piqued, resentful, riled, splenetic, storming, vexed |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, content, happy, joyful, joyous |
| Main Entry: | frustrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed, thwarted |
| Synonyms: | cramped, defeated, discontented, discouraged, embittered, balked, crabbed, crimped, disheartened, foiled, fouled up, hung up on, irked, resentful, stonewalled, stymied, through the mill, ungratified, unsated, unslaked, up the wall |
| Antonyms: | encourage, fulfilled, stimulated, inspirited, uplifted |
| Main Entry: | hateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, obnoxious |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, awful, bitter, catty*, confounded, cursed, damnable, damned, despicable, detestable, disgusting, evil, execrable, forbidding, foul, gross, heinous, infamous, invidious, loathsome, malevolent, malign, mean, odious, offensive, ornery*, pesky, pestiferous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, spiteful, undesirable, vicious, vile, blasted, cussed, despiteful, horrid, resentful, shuddersome, uncool |
| Antonyms: | friendly, kind, likable, lovable, nice, pleasant, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | huffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry, in a bad mood |
| Synonyms: | angered, annoyed, crabby, cross, crotchety, crusty, curt, disgruntled, fractious, grumpy, hurt, insulted, irritable, miffed, moody, offended, peeved, peevish, petulant, provoked, put out*, querulous, short, snappish, snappy, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, touchy, waspish, crabbed, exasperated, huffish, irked, moping, nettled, pettish, piqued, resentful, riled, stewed, vexed |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, delighted, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally injured |
| Synonyms: | aggrieved, burned, cut, damaged, distressed, disturbed, harmed, hit, impaired, indignant, miffed, mutilated, offended, pained, put away, rueful, sad, shot, sore, stricken, struck, suffering, tender, unhappy, wounded, aching, agonized, all torn up, battered, bleeding, bruised, buffeted, busted up, contused, crushed, disfigured, grazed, in pain, lacerated, marred, mauled, nicked, piqued, resentful, scarred, scraped, scratched, shook, tortured, umbrageous, warped |
| Antonyms: | healthy, pleased, well, comforted, cured, healed, ok, remedied |
| Main Entry: | indignant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, annoyed, bent out of shape, boiling*, bugged, burned up, disgruntled, displeased, exasperated, fuming, furious, heated, huffy*, in a huff, incensed, irate, livid, mad, miffed, p.o.'d, peeved, piqued, provoked, resentful, riled, scornful, seeing red, up in arms*, upset, wrathful |
| Antonyms: | gleeful, happy, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irritable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tempered, crabby |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, cantankerous, carping, choleric, complaining, contentious, cross, crotchety, disputatious, dissatisfied, dyspeptic, fiery, fractious, fretful, gloomy, grouchy, grumbling, hasty, hot, huffy, hypercritical, irascible, moody, morose, peevish, petulant, plaintive, prickly, querulous, quick-tempered, sensitive, snappy, surly, tense, testy, touchy, bearish, brooding, crabbed, easily offended, exasperated, fretting, ill-humored, out of humor, oversensitive, resentful, snarling |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, nice |
| Main Entry: | jaundiced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tainted, prejudiced |
| Synonyms: | biased, bigoted, bitter, colored, cynical, distorted, envious, hostile, intolerant, jealous, one-sided, opprobrious, partial, partisan, prepossessed, skeptical, spiteful, suspicious, unfair, unfriendly, yellow, disapproving, grudging, preconceived, resentful, tendentious, unindifferent, warped |
| Antonyms: | clean, fresh, unbiased, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | jealous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous; wary |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, attentive, covetous, demanding, doubting, envious, grasping, green-eyed, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, possessive, protective, questioning, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, zealous, begrudging, emulous, envying, grabby, grudging, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessory, resentful |
| Notes: | jealous means envious or fearful of being replaced by a rival; zealous means marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
| Antonyms: | confident, content, satisfied, trusting, unresentful |
| Main Entry: | malicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful |
| Synonyms: | awful, baleful, beastly, bitter, catty*, deleterious, detrimental, envious, evil, evil-minded, green*, green-eyed*, gross*, injurious, jealous, low, malevolent, malign, malignant, mean, mischievous, nasty, noxious, ornery, pernicious, petty, poisonous, spiteful, vengeful, venomous, vicious, virulent, wicked, bad-natured, cussed, despiteful, ill-disposed, rancorous, resentful, uncool |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, friendly, good, kind, sympathetic, thoughtful, likeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miffed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | displeased |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, disgruntled, irritated, offended, pained, peeved, put out, upset, chagrined, irked, nettled, piqued, resentful, riled, vexed |
| Antonyms: | pleased |
| Main Entry: | vindictive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful, revengeful |
| Synonyms: | cruel, grim, implacable, malicious, malignant, merciless, relentless, ruthless, spiteful, unforgiving, unrelenting, vengeful, venomous, avenging, grudging, rancorous, resentful, retaliatory, wreakful |
| Antonyms: | forgiving, helpful, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | viperous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | malicious, venomous |
| Synonyms: | baleful, bitter, evil, evil-minded, green-eyed*, jealous, malevolent, mean, nasty, ornery, poisonous, spiteful, vengeful, vicious, vindictive, wicked, bad-natured, rancorous, resentful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | objecting |
| Synonyms: | critical, discontented, grumbling, lamenting, malcontent, mourning, peevish, querulous, weeping, accusing, bellyaching, bewailing, charging, deploring, disapproving, dissenting, fretting, moaning, murmuring, protesting, regretting, repining, resentful, whining |
| Antonyms: | appreciating, enjoying, praising |
| Main Entry: | bitter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, nasty |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, alienated, antagonistic, biting, caustic, crabby, divided, embittered, fierce, freezing, hateful, intense, irreconcilable, morose, sardonic, severe, sore, sour, stinging, sullen, virulent, vitriolic, begrudging, estranged, rancorous, resentful, with chip on shoulder |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, content, genial, kind, nice, pleasant, sweet |
| Main Entry: | mad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, agitated, berserk, distracted, distraught, enraged, excited, frantic, frenetic, furious, incensed, infuriated, irritated, livid, provoked, raging, uncontrolled, wild, wrathful, exasperated, fuming, resentful, seeing red, very upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, happy, cheered |
| Main Entry: | sore |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry; hurt mentally |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, aggrieved, annoyed, annoying, critical, distressing, indignant, irritated, pained, peeved, pressing, sensitive, troubled, upset, urgent, weighty, grieved, grieving, irked, resentful, smarting, stung, vexed |
| Antonyms: | delighted, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | virulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, antagonistic, bitter, cutting, hateful, malevolent, malicious, scathing, sharp, spiteful, unfriendly, venomous, vicious, vindictive, vitriolic, rancorous, resentful, splenetic, stabbing |
| Antonyms: | gentle, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, ruthless |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, angry, antagonistic, austere, bitter, bleak, brutal, callous, cold, cold fish*, cold-blooded*, dark, disagreeable, distressing, dour, exacting, grievous, grim, hard-boiled*, harsh, hostile, inclement, intemperate, intolerable, obdurate, painful, perverse, pitiless, rigorous, rugged, severe, stern, strict, stringent, stubborn, thick-skinned*, tough, unfeeling, unjust, unkind, unpleasant, unrelenting, unsparing, unsympathetic, vengeful, hard as nails, rancorous, resentful |
| Antonyms: | merciful, mild, nice, pleasant, sensitive, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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