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resentful
adjective as in hostile
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- acrimonious
- adverse
- alien
- allergic
- anti
- argumentative
- bellicose
- catty
- chill
- cold
- competitive
- contentious
- contrary
- disapproving
- dour
- embittered
- hard
- ill-disposed
- inhospitable
- inimical
- malevolent
- malicious
- malignant
- militant
- nasty
- opposed
- opposite
- oppugnant
- ornery
- pugnacious
- rancorous
- scrappy
- sour
- surly
- unfavorable
- unfriendly
- unkind
- unpropitious
- unsociable
- unwelcoming
- viperous
- virulent
- vitriolic
- warlike
Example Sentences
For people who already believe that male dominance and patriarchy are mandated by God, it's easy to feel resentful when told the price of power is duty.
Will a tide of resentful, low-propensity voters, understandably alienated from the undemocratic status quo and eager to punish the so-called elites, deliver a death-blow to democracy?
The weekend was soon over and it was time to leave the fantasy world to return to the real world, where resentful Trump voters want to tear everything to the ground.
Jemma Swallow, who used to own a tea shop in London, says 10% "covers most situations, without leaving the customer resentful of being asked for it and the staff for not receiving one".
Trump only needs to win over enough voters — specifically the angry, disaffected, and racially resentful white voters in the key battleground states — to take back the White House.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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