Resentment

Synonyms for resentment
noun hate, anger

annoyance
grudge
ire
antagonism
fury
rage
irritation
bitterness
rancor
malice

acrimony
ill will
passion
animus
displeasure
cynicism
outrage
animosity
exasperation
indignation

huff
choler
wrath
spite
pique
dudgeon
perturbation
rise
miff
hurt

umbrage
malignity
fog
acerbity
vehemence
offense
exacerbation
vexation
bad feeling
ill feeling

Antonyms for resentment

delight
happiness
joy
good will
calm
glee

friendliness
calmness
affection
liking
pleasure
comfort

cheer
sympathy
sweetness
kindness
love

Concept Thesaurus for word resentment
1. Social Affections
Synonyms – noun

resentment
wrath
wrathful indignation.
miff
virulence
spleen
rankling.
bad temper
excitement
choler
dander
acharnement
tiff
burst
rage
fire and fury
high words.
provocation
crow to pluck
outrage.
slap in the face

displeasure
indignation
pique
soreness
bitterness
gall
ill humor
irascibility
irritation
ire
ferment
angry mood
passion
explosion
fury
vials of wrath
scowl
offense
sore subject
Furies
box on the ear

animosity
exasperation
umbrage
dudgeon
acrimony
heart-burning
bad humor
ill blood (hate)
warmth
fume
ebullition
taking
fit
paroxysm
desperation
gnashing of teeth
sulks
indignity (insult)
casus belli
Eumenides.
rap on the knuckles.

anger
bitter resentment
huff
acerbity
asperity
heart-swelling
ill temper
revenge
bile
pucker
towering passion
pet
tantrums.
storm
violence
hot blood
[Cause of umbrage] affront
grudge
ill turn
buffet

Synonyms – verbs

resent
take offense
take in ill part
breathe revenge
get into a rage
froth up
pour out the vials of one’s wrath.
scowl
gnarl
color
bite one’s thumb
champ at the bit.
kindle
boil over
storm
lose one’s temper
quiver with rage
raise Cain.
raise anger
give umbrage
discompose
huff
stir the blood
rile
incense
add fuel to the flame
embitter
stick in one’s gizzard
sting on the raw
put one’s monkey up
raise one’s choler
throw
lash into fury
bring a hornet’s nest about one’s ears.

take amiss
take umbrage
take in bad part
cut up rough.
fly into a passion
fire up
pout
lower
gnash
look black
show one’s teeth
chafe
fly out
boil with indignation
foam
stand on one’s hind legs
swell with rage
have a fling at
affront
anger
fret
pique
stir up bile
provoke
inflame
fan into a flame
exasperate
rankle
strike on the raw.
put one’s back up
work up into a passion
into a ferment
lash into madness

take ill
take huff
take in dudgeon
fly into a rage
bridle up
flare up
knit the brow
snarl
snap
look black as thunder
grind one’s teeth
mantle
take fire
boil with rage
vent one’s rage
stamp the foot
foam with rage
bear malice (revenge)
offend
hurt the feelings
ruffle
excite
sting
chafe
enrage
widen the breach
infuriate
hit on the raw
put out of countenance
raise one’s gorge
make one’s blood boil
madden
fool to the top of one’s bent

take to heart
take exception
ne pas entendre raillerie
fall into a rage
bristle up
open the vials of one’s wrath
frown
growl
redden
look daggers
champ the bit
fume
boil
rage
vent one’s spleen
stamp with rage
burst with anger
cause anger
give offense
insult
nettle
irritate
sting to the quick
wound
aggravate
envenom
kindle wrath
rub on the raw
put out of humor
raise one’s dander
make the ears tingle
drive one mad
set by the ears.

Synonyms – adjectives

angry
wrathful
[more]
violent
boiling over
foaming at the mouth
wrought
sore
rageful
infuriate
flushed with anger
in a fume
in a fury
up in arms

wrath
cross (irascible)
bitter
warm
fuming
convulsed with rage.
worked up
set against.
furious
rabid
flushed with rage
in a pucker
in a taking
in high dudgeon.

irate
Achillean
virulent
burning
raging
offended
indignant
fierce
mad with rage
savage
in a huff
in a passion
in a way

ireful
sulky
acrimonious (discourteous)
boiling
foaming
waxy
hurt
wild
fiery
relentless
in a stew
in a rage
on one’s high ropes

Synonyms – phrases
one’s blood being up, one’s back being up, one’s monkey being up; fervens difficili bile jecur; the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire; the blood rising, the blood boiling; haeret lateri lethalis arundo [Vergil]; “beware the fury of a patient man” [Dryden]; furor arma ministrat [Vergil]; ira furor brevis est [Horace]; quem Jupiter vult perdere dementat prius; “What, drunk with choler?”
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