Resentment vs Disgust - What's the difference?
resentment | disgust |
A feeling of anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged by others or betrayed; indignation.
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* 1812 ,
(obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon it; feeling; impression.
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* Jeremy Taylor
(obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude
* 1651 , The Council Book
To cause an intense dislike for something.
* 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter V
An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
As nouns the difference between resentment and disgust
is that resentment is a feeling of anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged by others or betrayed; indignation while disgust is an intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.As a verb disgust is
to cause an intense dislike for something.resentment
English
Noun
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- Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters.
- He retains vivid resentments of the more solid morality.
- It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger.
- The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same.
See also
* dudgeon * umbragedisgust
English
Verb
(en verb)- It disgusts me, to see her chew with her mouth open.
- It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust . There are depths in humanity which one cannot explore, as there are mephitic caverns into which one dare not penetrate.
Noun
(wikipedia disgust) (-)- With an air of disgust , she stormed out of the room.