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

Jones’ parents weren’t pushing her to audition for every role she could, and they wanted to keep her in school so she could be “a normal kid,” which she said she resented at the time.

From Los Angeles Times

Her memoir is not a conventional biography but, as she puts it, "about my relationship with my mother… about how she made me the kind of writer that I am - and then resented it".

From BBC

But his moderate vision of Iran strongly differed from the ideas of Islamic hardline revolutionaries and was disliked and even resented by them.

From BBC

That dynamic yields both dramatic tension and hilarity as Theo and Ivy begin to resent each other.

From Los Angeles Times

Stewart also preached the value of everything from scratch, which made her revered and resented.

From Salon

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