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HEARTBURNING
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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
Sense 1
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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