"resentful" meaning in English

See resentful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /rɪˈzɛntfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-resentful.wav [UK] Forms: resentful [positive], more resentful [comparative], most resentful [superlative]
Etymology: resent + -ful Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|resent|ful}} resent + -ful Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone is resentful, then he feels resentment against another person.
    Sense id: simple-resentful-en-adj--07PhsNm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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