The phrase "arouse resentment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions or behaviors that provoke feelings of anger or bitterness in others.
Example: "His constant criticism seemed to arouse resentment among his colleagues."
Alternatives: "stir up resentment" or "generate resentment."
There was some speculation today that the indirect role of Shinsei's owners in the Sogo collapse would arouse resentment.
Occasional rapes, assaults and traffic accidents committed by American servicemen still arouse resentment.
The BPG argues that the new hotels will just take trade away from the already hard-pressed bed-and-breakfasts in town.The social-engineering implications of the project arouse resentment.
One might assume that the incredible wealth commanded by guests of the Plaza would arouse resentment in people like Mr. Negron — people of poor or working-class origins from places like the South Bronx or Nepal, Peru or Poland.
"There is so, so much to loathe about the boomers," Mr. Okrent said, as he spoke by telephone from his vacation home in sunny Cape Cod, doing his own boomer duty to arouse resentment.
He aroused resentment and only 71 out of 1700 booksellers all over the country, signed.
It is in Suffolk County on Long Island where immigrant workers have aroused resentment and even violence.
In America, Downes's pugilistic praise of Sibelius aroused resentment among Stravinsky's many followers and admirers.
The Modellbuch has aroused resentment on the part of directors who prefer to respond freely to the text.
That policy aroused resentment among the black population, whose Progressive Liberal Party was to form the next government in 1967.
As examiner (or censor) of plays from 1824 until his death, Colman aroused resentment owing to his narrow severity and petty tyranny.
