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r 1 e 1 s 1 e 1 n 1 t 1 m 3 e 1 n 1 t 1

10 letters · 12 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

originFrom resent + -ment, after Middle French and French ressentiment (in Old French as recentement), from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir via Old French sentir, from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Compare Italian risentimento, Portuguese ressentimento, and Spanish resentimiento. Doublet of resentiment and ressentiment, the former attested slightly earlier.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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