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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

/ ɪˈɛԳ /

verb

  1. tr to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ԳiԲ· adverb
  • ·Գi adjective
  • ܲr·ԳĻ adjective
  • ܲr·ԳiԲ adjective
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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 Գī; sense
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Word History and Origins

Origin of resent1

C17: from French ressentir , from re- + sentir to feel, from Latin Գī to perceive; see sense
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He grows to resent how much is being asked of him and can’t shake the toll that risking innocent lives takes on his conscience.

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Both men, possessing mediocre intelligence at best, no doubt resent it when those foreigners are far smarter or more accomplished than they will ever be.

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“I could understand why people would resent that, and I didn’t want to be resented.”

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For boomers, conventional wisdom says they resent millennials, that they think they’re lazy or entitled, and that, hey, maybe they could afford a home if they stopped shelling out so much on avocado toast.

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Sensing antisemitism on the left as well as on the right, Jesse resents being called upon to justify Israeli foreign policy.

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