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resentful

/ɹɪˈzɛntfəl/ adjective C1
  1. Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged.
  2. Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.
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With resentful eyes and passion-red cheeks she confronted alike Diana’s sympathetic gaze and Charlie Sloane’s indignant nods and Josie Pye’s malicious smiles.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 115 · C1
My temper would perhaps be called resentful.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 63 · B2
As for the gentleman himself, _his_ feelings were chiefly expressed, not by embarrassment or dejection, or by trying to avoid her, but by stiffness of manner and resentful silence.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 133 · B2

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