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resentiment

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/

The English word “resentiment” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

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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