resent
verb /rɪˈzent/
/rɪˈzent/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they resent | /rɪˈzent/ /rɪˈzent/ |
| he / she / it resents | /rɪˈzents/ /rɪˈzents/ |
| past simple resented | /rɪˈzentɪd/ /rɪˈzentɪd/ |
| past participle resented | /rɪˈzentɪd/ /rɪˈzentɪd/ |
| -ing form resenting | /rɪˈzentɪŋ/ /rɪˈzentɪŋ/ |
- to feel bitter or angry about something, especially because you feel it is unfair
- resent something/somebody I deeply resented her criticism.
- The children resented the new woman in their father’s life.
- resent doing something He bitterly resents being treated like a child.
- resent somebody doing something She resented him making all the decisions.
- (formal) She resented his making all the decisions.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- I resent the implication that I don't care about my father.
- I resent the insinuation that I'm only interested in the money.
- She deeply resented the fact that her husband had been so successful.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- deeply
- greatly
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete French resentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + sentir ‘feel’ (from Latin sentire). The early sense was ‘experience an emotion or sensation’, later ‘feel deeply’, giving rise to ‘feel aggrieved by’.