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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

분노하는

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bunnohaneun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Resentful/rɪˈzɛnt.fəl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #6500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 부당한 대우에 대해 분노했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly.

    "She felt resentful about being passed over for the promotion."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'resent' (from French 'ressentir', from Latin 're-' intensifier + 'sentire' meaning to feel), combined with the Old English suffix '-ful' meaning 'full of'. It entered English usage in the 17th century to describe feelings of bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.

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