resent
verb (used with object)
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
is resenting
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present progressiveof resent (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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One of those weird ways is resenting them before they’ve even left.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022
I shouldn't think of doing anything about it; that is, resenting it, you know.
From Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope
It is this domineering spirit that the whole world is resenting.
From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various
The girl in question is mounted on a high-spirited bay which is resenting her mastery and is fighting to get the bit between his teeth.
From Bandit Love by Juanita Savage
Any one looking is loving and any one is mentioning anything, and any one is resenting something.
From Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories by Gertrude Stein
