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| Main Entry: | resentment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate, anger |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, exacerbation, exasperation, fog, fury, grudge, huff, hurt, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique, rage, rancor, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, wrath, bad feeling, ill feeling, malignity |
| Antonyms: | affection, happiness, liking, love, pleasure |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation; exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation., pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness, acrimony, asperity, spleen, gall; heart-burning, heart-swelling; rankling., ill humor, bad humor, ill temper, bad temper; irascibility [more]; ill blood (hate) [more]; revenge [more]., excitement, irritation; warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, dander, ferment, ebullition; towering passion, acharnement, angry mood, taking, pet, tiff, passion, fit, tantrums., burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation; violence [more]; fire and fury; vials of wrath; gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words., scowl [more]; sulks [more]., [Cause of umbrage] affront, provocation, offense; indignity (insult) [more]; grudge, crow to pluck, sore subject, casus belli; ill turn, outrage., Furies, Eumenides., buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles.
-verbs
resent; take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception; take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon; ne pas entendre raillerie; breathe revenge, cut up rough., fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion; bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up; open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath., pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap; redden, color; look black, look black as thunder, look daggers; bite one's thumb; show one's teeth, grind one's teeth; champ the bit, champ at the bit., chafe, mantle, fume, kindle, fly out, take fire; boil, boil over; boil with indignation, boil with rage; rage, storm, foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen; lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage; burst with anger; raise Cain., have a fling at; bear malice (revenge) [more]., cause anger, raise anger; affront, offend; give offense, give umbrage; anger; hurt the feelings; insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique; excite [more]; irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile; sting, sting to the quick; rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath; stick in one's gizzard; rankle [more]; hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw., put out of countenance, put out of humor; put one's monkey up, put one's back up; raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler; work up into a passion; make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle; throw, into a ferment, madden, drive one mad; lash into fury, lash into madness; fool to the top of one's bent; set by the ears., bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
-adjectives
angry, wrath, irate; ireful, wrathful; cross (irascible) [more]; Achillean; sulky, [more]; bitter, virulent; acrimonious (discourteous) [more]; violent [more]., warm, burning; boiling, boiling over; fuming, raging; foaming, foaming at the mouth; convulsed with rage., offended; waxy; wrought, worked up; indignant, hurt, sore; set against., fierce, wild, rageful, furious, mad with rage, fiery, infuriate, rabid, savage; relentless [more]., flushed with anger, flushed with rage; in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way; on one's high ropes, up in arms; in high dudgeon.
-adverbs
angrily; in the height of passion; in the heat of passion, in the heat of the moment.
-phrases
one's blood being up, one's back being up, one's monkey being up; fervens difficili bile jecur; the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire; the blood rising, the blood boiling; haeret lateri lethalis arundo [Vergil]; "beware the fury of a patient man" [Dryden]; furor arma ministrat [Vergil]; ira furor brevis est [Horace]; quem Jupiter vult perdere dementat prius; "What, drunk with choler?"
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| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being mad, annoyed |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up*, chagrin, choler, dander*, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, huff, impatience, indignation, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence, cat fit, conniption, disapprobation, hissy fit, ill humor, ill temper, infuriation, irascibility, slow burn, soreness |
| Antonyms: | calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, agreeability, pleasantness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme dislike, hatred |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, bitterness, displeasure, enmity, hate, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malice, rancor, resentment, malignity, virulence |
| Antonyms: | good will, love |
| Main Entry: | backlash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adverse reaction |
| Synonyms: | backfire, boomerang, kickback, reaction, recoil, repercussion, resentment, resistance, response, retaliation, tangle, counteraction, retroaction |
| Main Entry: | bad blood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness of feeling |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, anger, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, dislike, distrust, enmity, hard feelings, hatred, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malice, odium, rancor, resentment, venom, bad chemistry, bad feeling, bad vibes, bad will, disaccord, ill-disposedness, mutual hostility, nastiness, oppugnancy, oppugnation, personality conflict, unfriendliness |
| Main Entry: | disaffection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alienation, estrangement |
| Synonyms: | animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, breach, disagreement, discontent, dislike, disloyalty, dissatisfaction, hatred, hostility, ill will, repugnance, resentment, unfriendliness |
| Antonyms: | attraction, happiness, harmony, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | displeasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, anger |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, aversion, disapproval, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dissatisfaction, distaste, indignation, indisposition, irritation, offense, pique, resentment, umbrage, vexation, wrath, disapprobation, discontentment, disgruntlement, disliking, disrelish, incensement |
| Antonyms: | calm, composure, delight, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | dissatisfaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discontent, unhappiness |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, anxiety, aversion, boredom, chagrin, complaint, desolation, disapproval, discomfort, discouragement, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, distaste, distress, ennui, envy, exasperation, frustration, heartburn, indisposition, irritation, jealousy, malcontent, oppression, regret, resentment, trouble, uneasiness, weariness, worry, disgruntlement, disliking, disrelish, fretfulness, hopelessness, lamentation, malcontentment, querulousness |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | envy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jealousy |
| Synonyms: | backbiting, covetousness, evil eye*, green-eyed monster*, grudge, hatred, heartburn, ill will, malevolence, malice, opposition, prejudice, resentment, rivalry, spite, coveting, enviousness, grudging, grudgingness, invidiousness, jaundiced eye, lusting, maliciousness, malignity, resentfulness |
| Notes: | jealousy is reflective of a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person, whereas envy expresses a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person's advantages or accomplishments; jealousy pertains to emotional rivalry while envy is resentment of a more fortunate person |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence, good will, kindness, pleasure, contentedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exasperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upset, provocation |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, anger, annoyance, bother, displeasure, exacerbation, fury, ire, irritant, irritation, nuisance, passion, pest, pique, plague, rage, resentment, vexation, wrath, besetment, botheration |
| Antonyms: | calming, calmness, comfort, ease, pleasing, soothing, placation |
| Main Entry: | frustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment, thwarting |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, bitter pill, blow, bummer, chagrin, defeat, dissatisfaction, downer*, drag*, failure, fizzle, grievance, hindrance, impediment, irritation, letdown, obstruction, resentment, setback, vexation, blocking, circumvention, contravention, curbing, disgruntlement, foiling, nonfulfillment, nonsuccess, old one-two, unfulfillment |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, cooperation, encouragement, help, support, facilitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grievance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint, gripe |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ax to grind*, beef*, bellyache*, blast, case, cross*, damage, distress, grief, grouse*, hardship, holler*, hoo-ha*, howl*, injury, injustice, kick, knock*, objection, outrage, pain, pain in the neck*, rap*, resentment, rigor, roar, rumble, sorrow, squawk*, stink*, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, violence, wrong, yell, big stink, flack, jeremiad |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grudge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard feelings |
| Synonyms: | animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bitterness, dislike, enmity, grievance, hate, hatred, ill will, injury, injustice, malevolence, malice, malignancy, peeve, pet peeve*, pique, rancor, resentment, spite, spleen, venom, bone to pick, maliciousness, spitefulness |
| Antonyms: | favor, forgiveness, good will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme dislike |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bête noire*, bother, bugbear*, detestation, disgust, enmity, execration, frost*, grievance, gripe, hatred, horror, hostility, ill will, irritant, loathing, malevolence, nuisance, objection, odium, pain, rancor, rankling, repugnance, repulsion, resentment, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, trouble, venom, black beast, malignity, mislike, nasty look, no love lost |
| Antonyms: | liking, love, loving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hostility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antagonism, meanness |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, aggression, animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bitterness, detestation, disaffection, enmity, estrangement, grudge, hatred, ill will, malevolence, malice, opposition, rancor, resentment, spite, spleen, venom, war, bellicosity, belligerence, inimicality, unfriendliness, virulence, warpath |
| Antonyms: | friendliness, friendship, gentleness, kindness, niceness, agreeableness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ill will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitter feeling |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood*, bad blood, bitterness, blame, despite, dislike, enmity, envy, feud, grudge, hard feelings, hate, hatred, hostility, malevolence, malice, objection, rancor, resentment, spite, spleen, venom, bad will, hatred; hard feelings, maliciousness, no love lost, no love lost, spitefulness, unfriendliness |
| Antonyms: | friendliness, friendship, good will, liking, loving, good feelings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indignation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger |
| Synonyms: | animus, danger, displeasure, exasperation, fury, huff*, ire, mad, miff*, pique, rage, resentment, rise, scorn, umbrage, wrath, boiling point, slow burn |
| Antonyms: | glee, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jealousy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | envy |
| Synonyms: | backbiting, covetousness, evil eye*, green-eyed monster*, grudge, resentment, spite, begrudging, enviousness, grudgingness, jaundiced eye, resentfulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | malice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate, vengefulness |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, animosity, animus, antipathy, bad blood, bane, bitterness, despite, dirt, dislike, down, enmity, evil, grudge, hatred, hostility, ill will, malevolence, meanness, poison, rancor, repugnance, resentment, spite, spleen, umbrage, venom, bile, despitefulness, hatefulness, implacability, maliciousness, malignance, malignity, mordacity, spitefulness, viciousness, vindictiveness |
| Antonyms: | benevolence, friendliness, kindness, like, sympathy, thoughtfulness |
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