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What is the adjective for resentment?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb resent which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

resentful
  1. Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.
  2. Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. aggrieved, bitter, grudging, indignant, offended, exasperated, wounded, acrimonious, discontented, hurt, piqued, rancorous, disgruntled, dissatisfied, miffed, aggravated, displeased, embittered, peeved, sore, spiteful, incensed, irked, malcontent, sour, unforgiving, angry, irritated, revengeful, acrid, annoyed, irate, mad, miffy, narked, sulky, sullen, surly, huffish, huffy, insulted, snuffy, tooshie, wroth, butthurt, hateful, vitriolic, in a huff, fed up, ill-disposed … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “She soon became resentful of her entrapment within a working-class community where she never felt at home.”
      “She was subconsciously resentful of the attention her parents had showered on her younger sibling.”
      “King Thomas looked out at the resentful nobles, nodded once curtly, and strode out without another word.”
resentable
  1. Deserving resentment.
  2. Examples:
      3. “A privileged killing, on the other hand, is not seen as resentable and is never a case where revenge should be taken.”
resentive
  1. (rare) Resentful
resented
  1. simple past tense and past participle of resent
  2. Synonyms:
      3. begrudged, grudged, disliked, hated, objected to, felt aggrieved about, took exception to, taken exception to, took offence at, taken offence at, took umbrage at, taken umbrage at, felt bitter about, took something amiss, taken something amiss, beared a grudge about, felt aggrieved at, had hard feelings about, felt aggrieved, felt bitter, felt envious of, felt jealous of, felt sore, frowned at, harboured a grudge against, not liked, railed against, took amiss to, taken amiss to, took exception, taken exception, took offence, taken offence, took offense, taken offense, took umbrage, taken umbrage, beared a grudge, harbored a grudge, had hard feelings, showed antipathy towards, shown antipathy towards, took as an insult, taken as an insult, took something ill, taken something ill, harboured a grudge about, got nose out of joint, gotten nose out of joint, minded … more
resenting
  1. present participle of resent
  2. Synonyms:
      3. begrudging, grudging, disliking, hating, objecting to, feeling aggrieved about, taking exception to, taking offence at, taking umbrage at, feeling bitter about, taking something amiss, bearing a grudge about, feeling aggrieved at, having hard feelings about, feeling aggrieved, feeling bitter, feeling envious of, feeling jealous of, feeling sore, frowning at, harbouring a grudge against, not liking, railing against, taking amiss to, taking exception, taking offence, taking offense, taking umbrage, bearing a grudge, harboring a grudge, having hard feelings, showing antipathy towards, taking as an insult, taking something ill, harbouring a grudge about, getting nose out of joint, minding, envying, regretting, loathing, complaining about, holding against, not taking kindly to, not appreciating, not accepting, not tolerating, stinting, pinching, coveting, giving stingily … more
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