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resentiment

/ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-sen-ti-ment
IPA
/ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.

noun

Obsolete form of resentment.

Obsolete

Etymology

From French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Doublet of resentment and ressentiment.

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Inflected Forms

resentiments (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce resentiment?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/.
What does resentiment mean?
Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
Where does resentiment come from?
It is traced to French.

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