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resentful

adj
/ɹɪˈzɛntfəl/

Etymology

From resent + -ful.

  1. derived from resentir
  2. borrowed from ressentir
  3. formed as resentful — “resent + -ful”

Definitions

  1. Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.

  2. Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.

    • ‘Them bloody chaps 'ave a cushy job,’ said little Martlow with resentful envy. ‘Just fly over the line, take a peek at ol' Fritz, and as soon as a bit o' shrapnel comes their way, fuck off 'ome jildy, toot sweet.’
    • Is it serving Hashem to be machmir and resentful, rather than adhere to the letter of the law and be relaxed and happy?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at resentful. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at resentful. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at resentful

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA