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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

/ °ùɪˈ³úÉ›²Ô³Ù /

verb

  1. tr to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù±ð·²õ±ð²Ô³Ùi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
  • °ù±ð·²õ±ð²Ô³Ùi±¹±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôr±ð·²õ±ð²Ô³ÙĻå adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôr±ð·²õ±ð²Ô³Ùi²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog 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 ²õ±ð²Ô³ÙÄ«°ù±ð; sense
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of resent1

C17: from French ressentir , from re- + sentir to feel, from Latin ²õ±ð²Ô³ÙÄ«°ù±ð to perceive; see sense
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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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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.

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I resented the restrictions, the chores, the discipline.

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There’s usually something that one friend can afford that the others can’t, or something that someone wants to do that someone who doesn’t will resent them for doing without them.

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“He was weak and he would overcome that by being too strong physically, by beating me. I resented it because the punishment didn’t fit the crime.â€

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