Feeling Wheel
Angry · a word on the feelings wheel
Feeling resentful
Feeling anger or bitterness over unfair treatment.
What feeling resentful is like
Resentment is anger or bitterness about being treated unfairly. It often builds slowly, when the same unfairness happens again and again and nothing is said.
Resentful or bitter?
Resentful is usually aimed at a person or a particular unfairness. Bitter is a wider sourness about the past that can colour everything. Read more about feeling bitter.
Finding resentful on the feelings wheel
On the Feeling Wheel, resentful sits in the Angry group. Start in the middle of the wheel with angry, then move outwards to resentful. If it's close but not quite right, the other angry words below may fit better. It's also normal to feel more than one thing at once.
Other words in the Angry group
Angry words run from mild irritation to outrage, and many of them come from feeling wronged.
- Agonised Feeling severe mental or emotional pain
- Offended Feeling upset from a perceived insult
- Disrespected Feeling lack of courtesy or regard from others
- Violated Feeling personal boundaries or rights have been crossed
- Outraged Feeling intense anger or indignation
- Dismayed Feeling upset or distressed by the unexpected
- Bitter Feeling anger and disappointment from past experiences
- Jealous Feeling upset at someone else's advantage
- Annoyed Feeling slightly irritated
- Infuriated Feeling extremely angry
- Provoked Feeling triggered to anger or irritation
- Harassed Feeling tormented by repeated actions
- Sceptical Feeling doubtful or unconvinced about something
- Betrayed Feeling deceived by someone trusted
Name what you're feeling
Feeling Wheel puts all 118 of these words on one wheel. Tap the ones that fit, add a note if you like, and see your patterns over time. Free on iPhone and Android.