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Webster 1913 Edition


Resentful

Re-sent′ful

(-f?l)
,
Adj.
Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.
Re-sent′ful-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Resentful

RESENT'FUL

,
Adj.
Easily provoked to anger; of an irritable temper.

Definition 2024


resentful

resentful

English

Adjective

resentful (comparative more resentful, superlative most resentful)

  1. Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.
  2. Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.

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  • resentful at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • resentful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • resentful in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911