Resent Definition

rĭ-zĕnt
resented, resents
verb
resented, resents
To feel indignantly aggrieved at.
American Heritage
To feel or show displeasure and hurt or indignation over (some act, remark, etc.) or toward (a person), from a sense of being injured or offended.
Webster's New World

To feel resentment.

The bride greatly resented being left at the church.
Wiktionary
Fuller.
Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift.
Wiktionary

Simple past tense and past participle of resend.

The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • begrudge
  • be annoyed
  • feel indignant
  • harbor resentment
Antonyms:

Origin of Resent

  • French ressentir to feel (a sensation or emotion), resent from Old French resentir re- re- sentir to feel (from Latin sentīre sent- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel")

    From Wiktionary

  • See resend.

    From Wiktionary

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