different between resentment vs spleen

English

Etymology

From French ressentiment, from ressentir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?ntm?nt/
• Hyphenation: re?sent?ment

Noun

resentment (countable and uncountable, plural resentments)

1. Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.
   • 1812, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 3

     Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters.

2. (obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon it; feeling; impression.
   • 1688, Henry More, The Divine Dialogues

     He retains so vivid resentments of the more solid morality.

   • 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]

     It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger.

3. (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude
   • 1651, The Council Book

     The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton […] have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same.

Translations

See also

• dudgeon
• hold a grudge
• umbrage
• regret

English

Etymology

From Middle English splene, splen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman espleen and Old French esplein, esplen, from Latin spl?n (“milt”), from Ancient Greek ????? (spl?n, “the spleen”). Doublet of lien. Partially displaced the native English term milt.

Pronunciation

• enPR: spl?n, IPA^(key): /spli?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

spleen (countable and uncountable, plural spleens)

1. (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
2. (archaic, except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.
3. (obsolete, rare) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.

   • Brief as the lightning in the collied night; That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and Earth

4. (obsolete) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
   • 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion

     There is a luxury in self-dispraise: / And inward self-disparagement affords / To meditative spleen a grateful feast.

5. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.

Synonyms

• milt (now chiefly of animals); lien (uncommon)

Derived terms

Related terms

• splenomegaly

Descendants

• ? French: spleen
• ? German: Spleen

Translations

Verb

spleen (third-person singular simple present spleens, present participle spleening, simple past and past participle spleened)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To dislike.

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Anagrams

• pensel, plenes

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English spleen in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /splin/

Noun

spleen m (plural spleens)

1. bad mood, melancholy

Synonyms

• bourdon, cafard, dépression, ennui, hypocondrie, langueur, neurasthénie

Further reading

• “spleen” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).