Resent Meaning
/ɹiˈzɛnt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
verbTo express displeasure or indignation at.
Sentence Examples
I resent your cynical remarks.
I resent his rude attitude.
They resent foreign interference in the internal affairs of their country.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Because he felt jealous, he would ____ his sister's achievements every time she won an award.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She began to ____ the extra workload that had been placed on her without any increase in pay.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"These books will fill, and well fill, certain stretches of life […] But in old or nervous or solemnest or dying hours, when one needs the impalpably soothing and vitalizing influences of abysmic Nature, or its affinities in literature or human society, and the soul resents the keenest mere intellection, they will not be sought for."
— 1892, Walt Whitman, “Notes Left Over: Emerson's Books”, in Complete Prose Works:
"Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,[…]."
— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
"[…] of all the sections of a ship's company, the forecastlemen, veterans for the most part and bigoted in their sea-prejudices, are the most jealous in resenting territorial encroachments […]"
— 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 12, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
"so that they resent recent Kartvelian encroachment on their land, which has been accompanied by repeated attempts to Georgianize them."
— 1995, Anna Kreikemeyer, Andreĭ Vladimirovich Zagorskiĭ, Crisis management in the CIS: whither Russia?:
"Boys’ basketball boosters say something is missing in the stands at away games, cheerleaders resent not being able to meet their rivals on the road, and even female basketball players being hurrahed are unhappy."
— 2007 January 14, Winnie Hu, “Equal Cheers for Boys and Girls Draw Some Boos”, in The New York Times:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Because he felt jealous, he would ____ his sister's achievements every time she won an award.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She began to ____ the extra workload that had been placed on her without any increase in pay.