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Definition of Resentful
1. Adjective. Full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will. "A sullen resentful attitude"
Definition of Resentful
1. a. Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.
Definition of Resentful
1. Adjective. Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged. ¹
2. Adjective. Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resentful
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resentful
Literary usage of Resentful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Malicious, malignant, spiteful, ill- disposed, ill-natured, hostile, envious,
mischievous, evil-minded, resentful, rancorous. Malice, ». ..."
2. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"... the Mathematician—Reed resentful and Petulant—Republicans Try to Force Cleveland
in Regard to Cuba —Senatorial Story Tellers—Tillman's First Speech. ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1810)
"... we venture to predict, be such us abundantly to avenge so gross an indignity
offered to the shade of a great and good man ; for however resentful ..."
4. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"The unfavourable issue of this suit must have left a deep and resentful impression
on the mind of the young Douglas ; and it was not long before an occasion ..."
5. Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the by Agnes Strickland (1859)
"... so, after maintaining a resentful attitude for a time, he sent Sir George Home
and the Master of Melville to receive Elizabeth's letters and explanation ..."
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