Preposition: of

• fact: The finance side to furthering my studies has been a major barrier and I am very resentful of that fact.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: The so-called ' peace ' treaty made many people resentful.

Modifying Another Word

• deeply: She became deeply resentful of a regime which she perceived " found us to be problem people " " .

• increasingly: The smaller countries are increasingly resentful of attempts by the larger ones to set the agenda.

• very: You may be very angry with your son and he may be very resentful of your efforts to limit his behavior.

• so: Question the documents: Why were black soldiers so resentful?

• not: The news had come in August, but he'd not been held back by the news and was not resentful.

• slightly: A few of those who were unsuccessful were slightly resentful of the eight who took over a plot.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: I can also remember never feeling resentful of the time she occupied in my parents ' minds.

• seem: She seemed resentful of me because I wasn't disabled.

• become: Can God mess up your plans without you becoming resentful?

• get: They really do seem to get quite resentful of boats going by.

• grow: Sian Jenkins works full-time as a ward domestic at Morriston hospital, Swansea, but is growing resentful of the inequality in the system.

Modifies a noun

• son: The demobbed stranger returned to resentful sons and the awkward tango of married life.

• attitude: I give them what they ask for but it has been with a slightly resentful attitude.

• population: As a result, the Khmer Rouge recruited many more members from a bitter and resentful population.

• person: Just imagine someone asking: is he or she an angry, hating or resentful person?

• silence: For three more days the magician just glowers at him, not saying a word - bitter, hushed, resentful, silence.