Resentful vs Provoked - What's the difference?
resentful | provoked | Related terms |
Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when .
Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.
(provoke)
to cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
* Bible, Eph. vi. 4
to bring about a reaction.
* J. Burroughs
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(obsolete) To appeal.
Resentful is a related term of provoked.
As an adjective resentful
is inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when.As a verb provoked is
(provoke).resentful
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (Inclined to resent) unforgiving, spiteful * (Full of resentment) bitterDerived terms
* resentfully * resentfulnessReferences
* * *provoked
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Verb
(head)provoke
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Verb
(provok)- Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.
- Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.
- To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.
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- (Dryden)