English Explanatory Dictionary

resentiment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
  2. Obsolete form of resentment.

Pronunciation

rĭ-zĕnʹtē-mənt /ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/

Word forms

resentiment resentiments

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.

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