Definition of Ressentiment

1. Noun. A sense of resentment, hostility and perhaps jealousy directed at that which one identifies as the cause of one's frustration, an assignation of blame. ¹

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Definition of Ressentiment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ressentiment

resprayings
resprays
respread
respreading
respreads
respring
respringing
resprings
resprout
resprouted
resprouting
resprouts
resprung
ressaldar
ressaldars
ressentiment (current term)
ressentiments
rest
rest's of Serres
rest-cure
rest-harrow
rest.
rest area
rest bite
rest day
rest energy
rest his soul
rest home

Literary usage of Ressentiment

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1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... also spelt ressentiment. — O.'F. resentir, ressentir. 'Se ressentir, to taste fully, have a sensible apprehension of; se ressentir de ..."

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