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resentiment

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rĭ-zĕnʹtē-mənt
  • /ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Obsolete form of resentment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

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History

Etymology

From French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Doublet of resentment and ressentiment.