Resentment
/rɪˈzɛnt.mənt/noun
A feeling of bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin *sentire* (“to feel”), and its history is tied to the idea of re-feeling an injury so strongly that the emotion itself becomes a kind of repeated spell.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
re- + sentire
“to feel again; to perceive again”
Late Latin
Latin
resentire
“to feel again, to feel deeply”
14th–15th Century
Middle French
resentir
“to feel strongly; to experience again, especially an injury or offense”
16th Century
English
resent
“to feel indignation or bitterness at”
17th Century
English
resentment
“the state or feeling of resenting; bitter indignation”