Resentment vs Insult - What's the difference?
resentment | insult | Related terms |
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.
* Dr. H. More
* Jeremy Taylor
(obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude
* 1651 , The Council Book
(obsolete) To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against).
*, II.3.3:
To offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone).
(obsolete) To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
* Savage
* 1987 , Jamie Lee Curtis, A Fish Called Wanda :
Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.
(medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.
* 2006 , Stephen G. Lomber, Jos J. Eggermont, Reprogramming the Cerebral Cortex (page 415)
* 2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 96:
(obsolete) The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
Resentment is a related term of insult.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between resentment and insult
is that resentment is (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude while insult is (obsolete) the act of leaping on; onset; attack.As nouns the difference between resentment and insult
is that resentment is a feeling of anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged by others or betrayed; indignation while insult is an action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.As a verb insult is
(obsolete|intransitive) to behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against).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 * umbrageinsult
English
Verb
(en verb)- thou hast lost all, poor thou art, dejected, in pain of body, grief of mind, thine enemies insult over thee, thou art as bad as Job […].
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (to offend) abuse, affront, offend, slight * See alsoAntonyms
*complimentNoun
(en noun)- the ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief
- To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people!
- The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears.
- Within the complex genome of most organisms there are alternative multiple pathways of proteins which can help the individual cell survive a variety of insults , for example radiation, toxic chemicals, heat, excessive or reduced oxygen.
- (Dryden)