resent

[ ri-zent ]

/ rɪˈzɛnt /

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

Nearby words

resell, resemblance, resemblant, resemble, resend, resent, resentful, resentment, reserpine, reservation, reservationist

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)

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Examples from the Web for resenting

He seems to have inflamed the only remaining socially acceptable prejudice: resenting the rich.
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I sat in a suite at the Savoy hotel, in privilege, resenting the woeful ratbag I once was who, for all his problems, had drugs.
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He has spent much of his political life battling with and resenting the princes.
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At first, resenting his familiarity, I would hint at my desire to be alone, would explain that I was busy.
Paul Kelver|Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome

Not until now had he realized how much he had been resenting the performance of a duty.
Guy and Pauline|Compton Mackenzie
Texas, resenting the instability of Creole government, separated from the Mexican States after a devastating war.
Mexico|Charles Reginald Enock
Mr. Daw showed no signs of resenting the incipient insolence; on the contrary, his voice took a kind and sympathising tone.
Trevlyn Hold|Mrs. Henry Wood
Then they flew back into their accustomed places, resenting our intrusion by shaking over us a shower of fragrant dew.
The Princess Passes|Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for resenting

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 resenting

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.