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resent
[ ri-zent ]
verb (used with object)
- to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
resent
/ ɪˈɛԳ /
verb
- tr to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at
Other Word Forms
- ·ԳiԲ· adverb
- ·Գi adjective
- ܲr·ԳĻ adjective
- ܲr·ԳiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of resent1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
“I could understand why people would resent that, and I didn’t want to be resented.”
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.
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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