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Resentful vs Disheartened - What's the difference?

resentful | disheartened | Related terms |

Resentful is a related term of disheartened.


As adjectives the difference between resentful and disheartened

is that resentful is inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when while disheartened is discouraged, despairing.

As a verb disheartened is

(dishearten).

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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    disheartened

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Discouraged, despairing.
  • * 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage :
    • He refused to get disheartened , even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.

    Synonyms

    * dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dishearten)
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs