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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

resentable en · ADJ

Etymology

From resent + -able.

Meanings

  1. Deserving resentment.
    • The team’s wealth, the team’s hubris, the team’s blustery ownership, the team’s corporate facade — these are all resentable qualities; I get it. 2009 August 2, Bruce Weber, “Reflections of a Yankee Fan”, in New York Times:
    • A privileged killing, on the other hand, is not seen as resentable and is never a case where revenge should be taken. 1971, Behavioral science: Volume 16, University of Michigan:

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more resentable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
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