释义
[ ri-zent ] SHOW IPA
/ rɪˈzɛnt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
Origin of resent 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 sentīre; see sense
OTHER WORDS FROM resent re·sent·ing·ly, adverb re·sent·ive, adjective un·re·sent·ed, adjective un·re·sent·ing, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH resent begrudge, resent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for resent Carrie resent ed him for taking over and questioned his professionalism when he stabbed Brody in the hand during an interrogation.
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He is candid and believable, even admitting that he resent ed all the attention she got.
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Partly, Figes admits, it is because “foreign intellectuals lecturing [Russians] on how bad their history is are resent ed.”
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What matters isn't so much what happened but how the Netanyahu's interpreted it: they resent ed the left.
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Colonists like the Pattens did not fight against imperial rule because they resent ed paying taxes.
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They had always been rather jealous of his preference for her, and had resent ed his frequent visits to Pendlehurst.
The Head Girl at the Gables | Angela Brazil
When with slow and pondering action she hung up the receiver it occurred to her that she resent ed the idea of going to the Plaza.
The Call of the Canyon | Zane Grey
But the heir, if he was the heir, had only resent ed the intrusion, desiring that he might be left alone.
Cousin Henry | Anthony Trollope
The Castilians would doubtless have resent ed the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
He resent ed the fact, and most men's tempers grow a trifle sharp in tropical Africa.
Long Odds | Harold Bindloss
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British Dictionary definitions for resent verb (tr) to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at
Word Origin for resent C17: from French ressentir , from re- + sentir to feel, from Latin sentīre to perceive; see sense
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Words related to resent dislike, grudge, begrudge, bear a grudge, take amiss, take exception, take offense, take umbrage