Resentment and Refusal

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

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

Nearby Words: resentful, resented, resenting

Refusal noun - An unwillingness to grant something asked for.

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Resentment and refusal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Resentment" instead a noun "Refusal".

Nearby Words: refuse, refused, refusing, refuser

pure	pure resentment	pure refusal
public	public resentment	public refusal
initial	initial resentment	initial refusal
massive	massive resentment	massive refusal
Other adjectives: extreme, absolute, bitter, personal, general, apparent, less, outright, subsequent, previous.

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