resentiment

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: rĭ-zĕnʹtē-mənt, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/
  • Hyphenation: re‧sen‧ti‧ment

Noun[edit]

resentiment (plural resentiments)

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

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (to feel).

Noun[edit]

resentiment n (plural resentimente)

  1. resentment (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)

Declension[edit]