bitter resentment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbitterandresentment
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bitter
adjective
uk/ˈbɪt.ər/us/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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resentment
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈzent.mənt/us/rɪˈzent.mənt/
a feeling of anger because you have been forced to accept something that you do ...
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(Definition ofbitterandresentmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I can foreseebitterresentmentbeing felt, and expressed, by many objectors whose representations have been overruled.
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It causesbitterresentmentand much practical difficulty outside.
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Combined with this is abitterresentmentat the loss of their homes and livelihood.
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That is one of the most bitter complaints against the activities of multi-national corporations, the one which has caused disenchantment and nowbitterresentment.
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I believe it will also bringbitterresentmentagainst those who deceived them in the past.
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Believe me, that is the kind of situation which arouses really deep andbitterresentmentand gives rise to very strong feelings.
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In consequence, we incurred thebitterresentmentof the countries concerned and eventually, and certainly for some time, lost part of the trade.
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That belief is widely held, and it is quite naturally the cause ofbitterresentment.
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Nothing should be done which, when order has been restored, will leave behindbitterresentment.
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The attempt to prevent it would causebitterresentmentand eventually would be stopped only by force.
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I have a further interest: that of abitterresentmentat the contempt with which this organisation has been treated.
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If we make laws which are palpably unfair we create in the minds of the people a deep andbitterresentment.
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There exists abitterresentmentover invalidity benefit.
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There are countries against whom most properly we nourishbitterresentment.
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That will alter the whole character of the village, and it is causingbitterresentmentamong the villagers.
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There isbitterresentmentamong the working classes in my constituency.
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He spoke also ofbitterresentmentaroused by the toleration of illegal, but televised, paramilitary funerals.
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This causes deep andbitterresentmentin these areas.
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There isbitterresentmentcaused by what is regarded as an undue drain on colonial resources through high profits and royalties.
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I believe that there isbitterresentmentthere, but did they tell him why these enclaves came about?
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