resent

[ ri-zent ]
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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.

Origin of resent

1
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; see sense

Other words from resent

  • re·sent·ing·ly, adverb
  • re·sent·ive, adjective
  • un·re·sent·ed, adjective
  • un·re·sent·ing, adjective

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How to use resent in a sentence

  • His silence had frightened her: what if he should resent on her the cruel words spoken by Dr. Ashton?

    Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
  • For a moment, as the mistress of Skyrie surveyed these more substantial offerings she was inclined to resent them.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • The parents of the latter resent the innovation; almost every Jewish child receives religious training at home or in cheidar.

    Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
  • Ida was, however, rather pleased to see that he accepted the fact good-humoredly and did not resent it.

    The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
  • He will naturally resent it; it would deprive us of his friendship or regard: nay it would, perhaps, make him hate us.

British Dictionary definitions for resent

resent

/ (rɪˈzɛnt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at

Origin of resent

1
C17: from French ressentir, from re- + sentir to feel, from Latin sentīre to perceive; see sense

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