ressentiment Hear it!

ressentiment definition

res·sen·ti·ment (rə sän tē män′)

noun

a feeling of bitter anger or resentment together with a sense of frustration at being powerless to express this hostility overtly

Etymology: Fr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.