Originally designed to end class war and division, it bred bitter resentment among the majority who were excluded from the cosy but corrupt arrangement.

With my husband despondent over his lack of business success and my increasingly bitter resentment about his lack of domestic support, communication between us broke down entirely.

But if we haven't taken a step back to see the full picture rather than just our view of things, blame and recrimination can turn to bitter resentment.

She tells me men often live lives of 'bitter resentment' that would astonish their wives if only they understood.

They were all fuelled by his bitter resentment at his far more ambitious novels being overlooked.