resent

[ri-zent]

verb (used with object)

1. to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.

resent

/ rɪˈzɛnt /

verb

1. (tr) to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at

Other Word Forms

• resentingly adverb
• resentive adjective
• unresented adjective
• unresenting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of resent¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from French ressentir “to feel (an emotion),” from Old French res(s)entir, equivalent to re- re- + sentir “to feel,” from Latin sentīre; sense

Word History and Origins

Origin of resent¹

C17: from French ressentir , from _re- + sentir to feel, from Latin sentīre to perceive; see _sense

Example Sentences

She supported equal rights and opportunities for women—but resented suggestions that stay-at-home moms were wasting their lives.

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Gibby once joked that she resented her mother for abandoning the family.

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When the laborers who bore the heat and toil of the full day’s work are jealous, the owner of the field asks them why they resent his generosity.

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Despite waves of Carthaginian resistance and the increasing hostility of Roman elites, who resented his precocious record and thirst for glory, Scipio tightened the noose around Carthage.

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He told me about Costa Rica, where he grew up, and about how he loved and resented Los Angeles for its contradictions.

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Related Words

• dislike