resent

[ ri-zent ]

/ rɪˈzɛnt /

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verb (used with object)

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

RELATED WORDS

dislike, grudge, begrudge

Nearby words

Origin of resent

1595–1605; < French ressentir to be angry < Old French resentir, equivalent to re- re- + sentir to feel < Latin sentīre; see sense

Related formsre·sent·ing·ly, adverbre·sent·ive, adjectiveun·re·sent·ed, adjectiveun·re·sent·ing, adjective

Can be confusedbegrudge regret resent (see synonym study at regret)

Definition for resent (2 of 2)

resend

[ ree-send ]

/ riˈsɛnd /

verb (used with object), re·sent, re·send·ing.

to send again.

to send back.

Origin of resend

First recorded in 1545–55; re- + send¹

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Examples from the Web for resent

Then you resent those who do still use power like the United States.
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But Erdogan has succeeded by governing with a controlling style that many Turks are growing to resent.
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But that headline could have also easily lamented: Nurses Doubt Doctors Abilities, Resent Salaries.
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We cannot resent modernism and continue behaving in the culturally reactionary way we do now.
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They resent themselves and others and that resentment finds violent expression.
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I don't mind shooting other people's troubles for them, but I do resent the fact that the messiest ones get dumped in my lap.
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But, Davey, if in the future anything should disclose the truth, might Ken not resent?
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She did not resent his action, but she moved a step away from him and his hand dropped at his side.
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In fact, they had less to resent in Pericles than in any previous leader of the democracy.
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They resent being ordered about as if their opinions and wishes counted for nothing, and I honor them for it.
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British Dictionary definitions for resent

resent

/ (rɪˈzɛnt) /

verb

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

Word Origin for resent

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

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Word Origin and History for resent (1 of 2)

resent

"take (something) ill; be in some degree angry or provoked at," c.1600, from French ressentir "feel pain, regret," from Old French resentir "feel again, feel in turn" (13c.), from re-, intensive prefix, + sentir "to feel," from Latin sentire (see sense (n.)). Related: Resented; resenting.

Word Origin and History for resent (1 of 2)

resend

1550s, from re- + send. Related: Resent; resending.