Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect.
1 Backlash (sociology), an adverse reaction to something that has gained prominence.  Backlash (pressure group), a UK group opposing the 2008 law criminalising possession of extreme pornography.
Freebase(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: Resentment. Resentment is the experience of a negative emotion felt as a result of a real or imagined wrong done. Etymologically, the word originates from French ressentir, re-, intensive prefix, and sentir to feel; from the Latin sentire. The English word has become synonymous with anger and spite.