resent - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

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Verb (2)resents, resented, resenting

feel bitter or indignant about“She resents being paid less than her co-workers”More general dislikeMore specific stew, grudge
wish ill or allow unwillinglySynonyms: begrudgeMore general feel, experience

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Re·sent′ (r?-z?nt′), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Resented; present participle & verbal noun Resenting.]

Origin: F. ressentir; L. pref. re- re- + sentire to feel. See Sense.

1. To be sensible of; to feel; as: (a) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction. obsolete

Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.— Sir Thomas Browne

(b) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.

2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.

The good prince King James... bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely.— Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke

3. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; — associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, intransitive verb obsolete

This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul.— Thomas Fuller

Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift.— Thomas Fuller

Re·sent′ intransitive verb

1. To feel resentment. Jonathan Swift

2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. obsolete

The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere milk of the word before vessels full of traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of human invention.— Thomas Fuller

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54