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resentful

Meaning

Characterized by indignation and ill will stemming from a perceived injury or slight.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

He felt resentful when his brother took credit for his work. It wasn't fair, and the unfairness made him angry inside. He thought about the slight all day, feeling a deep dislike for the way he was treated.

After the council awarded the coveted luminescent moss cultivation contract to another grower, Elara felt deeply resentful. They had ignored her years of careful tending and her proven yield, leaving her with a bitter feeling of being wronged and overlooked.

The apprentice, forever passed over for promotions, felt a bitter, resentful hum in his chest. He watched the others get the prime assignments, the ones that truly mattered, while he was left with the tedious prep work. It was a constant sting, a feeling of being overlooked.

Gary the gnome was so resentful of Brenda the badger's prize-winning giant pumpkin, he spent all night painting it with tiny, angry smiley faces. He felt Brenda's boastful bragging about its size was a real insult, and his heart just burned with ill will.

Barnaby the badger felt resentful after Bartholomew the beetle *borrowed* his favorite sparkly pebble without asking. Barnaby’s furry brow furrowed; Bartholomew had taken the sunniest spot by the worm patch too. It was a real injustice, and Barnaby’s tummy rumbled with ill will.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

After being passed over for the promotion he felt he deserved, Mark grew increasingly resentful of his coworker. Every success the other man had, Mark saw as a personal insult, fueling his bitter feelings. He couldn't shake the indignation that the slight had caused.

After discovering the last of the phosphorescent algae had been scooped into his neighbor's bioluminescent sculpture without his permission, Silas felt deeply resentful. He'd saved those glowing spores for weeks, and this thoughtless act, a clear slight, simmered with indignation.

After Alex took the last of the fermented kumquat paste without asking, Sarah felt deeply resentful. He knew she had been saving it for the fungal spore harvest festival, a slight that fueled her indignation and ill will.

Bartholomew, utterly resentful after being denied a second helping of Aunt Mildred's infamous tuna casserole, spent the rest of the evening glaring at her, stewing in his indignation over the perceived slight. He plotted elaborate, yet ultimately harmless, revenge involving misplaced knitting needles.

Barnaby felt deeply resentful after Bartholomew hogged the last microscopic worm intended for his prize-winning pet amoeba. He simmered with indignation, his gelatinous body practically vibrating with ill will over the perceived slight to his protozoan's nutritional intake. This was a serious ecological imbalance in the petri dish!

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

After being passed over for the promotion he felt he deserved, Mark remained resentful towards his colleagues, his heart heavy with ill will for the perceived injustice. Every congratulatory comment only fueled his indignation, a constant reminder of the slight he couldn't shake.

After the guild master publicly dismissed his meticulous cartography work as mere "doodling," Silas became deeply resentful. He felt a burning indignation for the slight, knowing his maps were crucial for navigating the treacherous Obsidian Expanse, a fact the master seemed to ignore entirely.

After the supervisor took credit for her breakthrough in microbial fermentation, Sarah felt deeply resentful, a simmering anger fueled by the blatant injustice. Her ill will was a constant companion as she watched him present her findings as his own, the perceived injury a bitter pill.

Bartholomew felt intensely resentful after discovering his prize-winning pet rock, Reginald, had been subtly re-painted to resemble a common garden gnome. The sheer audacity of the artistic transgression, a clear slight against Reginald's polished visage, fueled Bartholomew's indignant ill will.

Barnaby felt deeply resentful. After all, he'd meticulously arranged his prized collection of antique doorknobs, only to find his neighbor's parrot had used the brass lion's head as a rather unceremonious perch. The sheer indignity, and the accompanying squawk, fueled his ill will for weeks.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

He felt deeply resentful after his colleague, whose project he had meticulously aided, took all the commendation. A gnawing indignation festered, fueled by the perceived injury of his significant contributions being overlooked entirely. This ill will lingered, a constant ache of injustice.

The archival assistant, overlooked for the prestigious curatorship despite years of diligent cataloging, harbored a resentful demeanor. She found herself frequently stewing, her colleagues' dismissive glances stoking a persistent ill will born from that perceived injustice.

After Elias was deliberately excluded from the clandestine symposium on bioluminescent fungi, a decidedly resentful air permeated his usually buoyant demeanor. He harbored a palpable ill will, his indignation simmering over the perceived slight, a transgression he felt profoundly justified in dwelling upon.

Barnaby, perpetually disgruntled after his prize-winning petunias were usurped by a rogue gnome, became quite resentful. His simmering indignation stemmed from this perceived injury, as he brooded over the gnome's audacious horticultural larceny, plotting a most ignominious revenge involving glitter and an aggressively cheerful polka.

Bartholomew, a veritable connoisseur of culinary injustice, remained resentful after the banquet incident. The perceived slight—a minuscule dollop of aioli atop his meticulously deconstructed escargot—sparked a profound indignation and ill will, causing him to contemplate a carefully orchestrated mayonnaise-based retaliation.

Difficulty

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