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Remorseful vs Resentful - What's the difference?

remorseful | resentful |

As adjectives the difference between remorseful and resentful

is that remorseful is (of a person) feeling or filled with remorse while resentful is inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when.

remorseful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse.
    • He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
  • Expressing or caused by remorse.
    • There was a remorseful look on her face.

    Synonyms

    * penitent * apologetic * regretful *

    Antonyms

    * unremorseful * unrepentant

    Related terms

    * remorse * remorsefully * remorsefulness

    References

    * * * " remorseful" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007. * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.

    resentful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when .
  • Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.

    • Synonyms

    * (Inclined to resent) unforgiving, spiteful * (Full of resentment) bitter

    Derived terms

    * resentfully * resentfulness

    References

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