Resent

Quick meaning: Resent is a verb meaning (transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.

Meaning

(transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To be sensible of; to feel.
3. (transitive, obsolete) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
4. simple past and past participle of resend
5. (obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
6. (obsolete) 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).

Example Sentences

Do you resent us for offering you that choice?

The bride greatly resented being left at the church.

The good prince King James […] bore dishonourably what he might have resented safely.

so that they resent recent Kartvelian encroachment on their land, which has been accompanied by repeated attempts to Georgianize them.

Word Forms

• resents
• resenting
• resented
• re-sent

Synonyms for resent

Depending on context, synonyms include begrudge.

Antonyms for resent

Common opposites include wish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include begrudge, detest, hate, dislike, disapprove, suffer.

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