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HEARTBURNING

Dictionary entry overview: What does heartburning mean?

• HEARTBURNING (noun)
The noun HEARTBURNING has 1 sense:

1. intense resentment

Familiarity information: HEARTBURNING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HEARTBURNING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Intense resentment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Context example:

his promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals

Hypernyms ("heartburning" is a kind of...):

bitterness; gall; rancor; rancour; resentment (a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will)

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