Resentment and Rebuff

Resentment

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

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

Nearby Words: resentful, resented, resenting

Rebuff

Rebuff noun - Treatment that is deliberately unfriendly.

Resentment and rebuff are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Resentment" instead a noun "Rebuff".

Nearby Words: rebuffed, rebuffing

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

initial initial resentment initial rebuff
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Rebuff and Resentment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/resentment/rebuff
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