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resentment
verbs
feel resentment
• He felt resentment at the criticism.
bear resentment
(= feel it )
• My father's favourite was my younger sister, and I'd always borne him some resentment for this.
harbour resentment
(= continue to feel it )
• You obviously harbour some resentment against your ex-boyfriend.
cause/create resentment
• The special arrangements for overseas students caused resentment among the other students.
breed resentment
(= cause it )
• These misunderstandings had bred resentment.
arouse resentment
(= make people feel it )
• The terms of his contract aroused deep resentment among the other players.
adjectives
deep resentment
• The soldiers' presence has created deep resentment.
bitter resentment
(= very strong )
• Heavy-handed policing caused bitter resentment.
great/considerable resentment
• There was great resentment among the workforce.
widespread resentment
(= felt by a lot of people or in many places )
• The actions of the police during the miners' strike caused widespread resentment.
growing/increasing resentment
• Soon growing resentment against foreigners erupted into violence.
smouldering resentment
(= resentment that is felt for a long time but not expressed )
• The unrest highlighted the smouldering resentment in France's poor neighbourhoods.
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noun ADJ. angry, bitter, considerable, deep, deep-seated, great, intense, smouldering | growing, increasing | popular, widespread | old She felt all her old resentment flaring up. VERB + RESENTMENT bear, feel, harbour I bore him no resentment. You seem to be harbouring some resentment against your boss. | express, show | contain, hide He struggled to contain his resentment. | arouse, breed, cause, create, fuel, give rise to, lead to, provoke Inequality breeds resentment. RESENTMENT + VERB build up, grow Don't let your resentment build up. | flare up PREP. ~ about/over Maggie was filled with resentment about her treatment. | ~ against the growing resentment against foreigners | ~ among The measures fuelled resentment among students. | ~ at I felt great resentment at having to work such long hours. | ~ between the bitter resentment between the two brothers | ~ towards their resentment towards each other PHRASES a cause/source of resentment, a feeling/sense of resentment
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