resentverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈzent/us/rɪˈzent/C2 to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like:
She bitterly resented her father's new wife.
[ + -ing verb ] He resents having to explain his work to other people.
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- People still resent the closure of the local school.
- I resent paying extra for my drink just because it's in a posey bottle!
- We resent these insinuations that we are not capable of leading the company forward.
- I resent it that my job is starting to encroach on my family life.
- He resents the way his ideas have been hijacked by others in the department.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vessel idiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for blood idiom
- froth
- get bent out of shape idiom
- get your knickers in a twist idiom
- go ape idiom
- go nuts idiom
- go off the deep end idiom
- launch
- lose
- postal
- sharp
- storm
- tempers get frayed idiom
- turn in your grave idiom
- umbrage
- wobbly
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resentment
noun [ C or U ] uk/rɪˈzent.mənt/us/rɪˈzent.mənt/
C2
He feels/harbours (a) deep resentment against/towards his parents for his miserable childhood.