Fighting and Resentment

Fighting

Fighting noun - The act of fighting; any contest or struggle.

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Resentment and fighting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resentment" instead a noun "Fighting".

Nearby Words: fight, fighter

Resentment noun - A lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong.

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Fighting and resentment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fighting" instead a noun "Resentment".

Nearby Words: resentful, resented, resenting

old	old fighting	old resentment
open	open fighting	open resentment
heavy	heavy fighting	heavy resentment
petty	petty fighting	petty resentment
Other adjectives: great, intense, serious, little, bitter, personal, internal, major, general, less, outright.

However, Ruby isn't entirely ready to stop fighting, her aggression could be quite enough to reignite the war at any time, and she keeps finding legitimate new grounds for resentment.

Source: Webcomic / Sticky Dilly Buns
She's a Tomboy who loves sports, beef and fighting, and easily gets along with the guys, but secretly harbors a deep resentment towards her best friend Yukiko, who's both more feminine and more popular with the boys than she is.

Source: The Lad-ette

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