resent en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈzɛnt/
- /ɹiˈzɛnt/
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Etymology
From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
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?:The bride greatly resented being left at the church.
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: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.: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:
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(transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.
Do you resent us for offering you that choice?
The good prince King James […] bore dishonourably what he might have resented safely.
1743, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Remarks on the History of England:
- (obsolete, transitive) To be sensible of; to feel.
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(obsolete, transitive) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
[…] which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.
1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC:
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(obsolete) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent, to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
But our King Henrie the ſeventh (being too good a ſenſer to miſtake a flouriſh for a blow) quickly reſented his drift (which was to perſwade our King to peace, till Charles ſhould perform his projects in little Britain and elſewhere) and dealt with him accordingly.
1639, Thomas Fuller, “The Fortunes of Jerusalem since the Holy Warre; and Her Present Estate”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John Williams, London], →OCLC, book V (A Supplement of the Historie of the Holy Warre), page 273:Perchance as vulturs are ſaid to ſmell the earthlineſſe of a dying corps; ſo this bird of prey reſented a worſe than earthly ſavour in the ſoul of Saul, an evidence of his death at hand.
1642, Thomas Fuller, “The Witch of Endor”, in The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC, book V (The Profane State), page 371:
- (obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| resenting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| resented | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| resented | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| resents | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
resentive · unresented · resentful · resenter · unresenting · resentingly · resentable
Translations (64)
es resentir (to feel resentment) · de böse sein (to feel resentment) · bg негодувам (to feel resentment) · cmn 怨恨 (to feel resentment) · ru вопи́ть (to express displeasure or indignation at) · hu neheztel (to feel resentment) · de sich empören (to express displeasure or indignation at) · fa دلخور شدن (to express displeasure or indignation at) · ru поднима́ть крик (to express displeasure or indignation at) · mi mānatunatu (to feel resentment) · sip འཁང (to feel resentment) · tr darılmak (to express displeasure or indignation at) · tr zoruna gitmek (to feel resentment) · ru негодова́ть (to express displeasure or indignation at) · id iri (to feel resentment) · nl zijn ongenoegen uiten (to express displeasure or indignation at) · hu sérelmez (to express displeasure or indignation at) · pt ressentir (to express displeasure or indignation at) · ru протестова́ть (to express displeasure or indignation at) · fi pahastua (to feel resentment) · de übelnehmen (to express displeasure or indignation at) · es resentirse (to feel resentment) · de verübeln (to express displeasure or indignation at) · ru возмуща́ться и́з-за (to express displeasure or indignation at) · tr içerlemek (to feel resentment) · ru подня́ть крик (to express displeasure or indignation at) · tr gücenmek (to express displeasure or indignation at) · is taka eitthvað óstinnt upp (to express displeasure or indignation at) · tr alınmak (to express displeasure or indignation at) · cs nesnášet (to feel resentment) · ru возопи́ть (to express displeasure or indignation at) · mi takarita (to express displeasure or indignation at) · cs nelibě nést (to feel resentment) · de übel nehmen (to express displeasure or indignation at) · ru возмути́ться (to express displeasure or indignation at) · fr exprimer son mécontentement (to express displeasure or indignation at) · hu zokon vesz (to feel resentment) · de grollen (to feel resentment) · ru негодова́ть (to feel resentment) · de empört sein (to express displeasure or indignation at) · nl zich storen aan (to express displeasure or indignation at) · el αγανακτώ (to express displeasure or indignation at) · io iraceteskar (to feel resentment) · fa دلخور شدن (to feel resentment) · fr avoir de l'amertume (to feel resentment) · nl wrok koesteren (to feel resentment) · fi paheksua (to express displeasure or indignation at) · cs zazlívat (to feel resentment) · hu rossz néven vesz (to feel resentment) · cmn 憤慨 /愤慨 (to express displeasure or indignation at) · el αγανακτώ (to feel resentment) · de hassen (to feel resentment) · fr s'indigner (to express displeasure or indignation at) · ja 憤慨する (to express displeasure or indignation at) · is gremjast eitthvað (to express displeasure or indignation at) · ca resentir-se (to feel resentment) · cs cítit odpor (to feel resentment) · is vera misboðið með einhverju (to express displeasure or indignation at) · is taka einhverju illa (to express displeasure or indignation at) · es indignarse (to feel resentment) · cs nelibě nést (to express displeasure or indignation at) · bg възмущавам се (to express displeasure or indignation at) · de sich ärgern (to express displeasure or indignation at) · id dendam (to feel resentment)