Classes Sentient and Moral Powers Sympathetic Affections Social Affections Resentment
Resentment
Nouns
resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation
exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation. pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness, acrimony, asperity, spleen, gall
heart-burning, heart-swelling
rankling. ill humor, bad humor, ill temper, bad temper
irascibility etc. Irascibility
ill blood etc. (hate) Hate
revenge etc. Revenge . excitement, irritation
warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, dander, ferment, ebullition
towering passion, angry mood, taking, pet, tiff, passion, fit, tantrums. burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation
violence etc. Violence
fire and fury
vials of wrath
gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words. scowl etc. Discourtesy
sulks etc. Existence -irascibility">Irascibility.1. [Cause of umbrage] affront, provocation, offense
indignity etc. (insult) Disrespect
grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject
ill turn, outrage. Furies, Eumenides. buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles.
Verbs
resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception
take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon
breathe revenge, cut up rough. fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion
bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up
open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath. pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap
redden, color
look black, look black as thunder, look daggers
bite one's thumb
show one's teeth, grind one's teeth
champ the bit, champ at the bit. chafe, mantle, fume, kindle, fly out, take fire
boil, boil over
boil with indignation, boil with rage
rage, storm, foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen
lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage
burst with anger
raise Cain. have a fling at
bear malice etc. (revenge) Revenge . cause anger, raise anger
affront, offend
give offense, give umbrage
anger
hurt the feelings
insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique
excite etc. Excitation
irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile
sting, sting to the quick
rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath
stick in one's gizzard
rankle etc. Revenge
hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw. put out of countenance, put out of humor
put one's monkey up, put one's back up
raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler
work up into a passion
make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle
throw, into a ferment, madden, drive one mad
lash into fury, lash into madness
fool to the top of one's bent
set by the ears. bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
Adjectives
angry, wrath, irate
ireful, wrathful
cross etc. (irascible) Irascibility
Achillean
sulky, c. Existence -irascibility">Irascibility.1
bitter, virulent
acrimonious etc. (discourteous) etc. Discourtesy
violent etc. Violence . warm, burning
boiling, boiling over
fuming, raging
foaming, foaming at the mouth
convulsed with rage. offended etc. v.
waxy, acharne
wrought, worked up
indignant, hurt, sore
set against. fierce, wild, rageful, furious, mad with rage, fiery, infuriate, rabid, savage
relentless etc. Revenge . flushed with anger, flushed with rage
in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way
on one's high ropes, up in arms
in high dudgeon.
Adverbs
angrily etc. adj.
in the height of passion
in the heat of passion, in the heat of the moment.
Int
[Vergil] , marry come up!, zounds!, 'sdeath! [Contr.] .
Phrases
one's blood being up, one's back being up, one's monkey being up
the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire
the blood rising, the blood boiling
beware the fury of a patient man" [Dryden]
What, drunk with choler? [Henry IV] .