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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 51Թ Forms
- ·ԳiԲ· adverb
- ·Գi adjective
- ܲr·ԳĻ adjective
- ܲr·ԳiԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of resent1
Example Sentences
“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.
But as the party gears up for local elections in May, it faces a huge challenge to control unruly elements in its grassroots membership who resent the way they are being treated by the leadership.
I resented the restrictions, the chores, the discipline.
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