enormous resentment

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousandresentment

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enormous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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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 ofenormousandresentmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There isenormousresentmentin the middle east that the tiny, undemocratic states monopolise the wealth and that it is not shared by all.
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It causedenormousresentmentamong working people here, among homeless people and among taxpayers, and it has probably itself done great damage to race relations.
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When the police stop and search someone in public, it is a humiliating experience and it causesenormousresentment.
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Lack of income is fosteringenormousresentmentin various parts of the country.
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That leads to spousal maintenance, which causesenormousresentment.
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There isenormousresentmentamong people that now it pays them to be out of work rather than in work.
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That has causedenormousresentmentand public outcry.
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It causes themenormousresentment, and rightly so.
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It also causesenormousresentmentbecause of the concentration in one particular place of people with a different background and a different culture.
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There will beenormousresentment.
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