resent
/ɹiˈzɛnt/
resent verb: to feel resentment over; to consider as an affront. Also the simple past and past participle of resend.
Verb
resent (third-person singular simple present resents, present participle resenting, simple past and past participle resented)
- To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
- The bride greatly resented being left at the church.
- 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...1892, Walt Whitman, “Notes Left Over: Emerson's Books”, in Complete Prose Works
- 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
- To be sensible of; to feel.
- 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
- 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).
- 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
- 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...
- To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
Also used as
resent is also the simple past and past participle of resend.
resent meaning in Indonesian and Persian
resent in Indonesian
- to feel resentment
- dendam, iri
resent in Persian
- to feel resentment
- دلخور شدن delxor šodan
- to express displeasure or indignation at
- دلخور شدن delxor šodan
Examples of resent in a sentence
- Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension.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.:
- 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?:
Forms of resent
| third-person singular present | resents |
|---|---|
| present participle | resenting |
| past participle | resented |
| past | resented |
| alternative form | re-sent |
Origin of resent
From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”).
See resend.
Words formed from resent
Words that rhyme with resent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about resent
- What does resent mean?
- Resent means to feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
- What is resent in Indonesian?
- Resent in Indonesian is dendam, iri. See Resent meaning in Indonesian.
- How do you use resent in a sentence?
- Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension.
- What part of speech is resent?
- Resent is a verb.
- How do you pronounce resent?
- Resent is pronounced /ɹiˈzɛnt/.
- What is the past tense of resent?
- The past tense of resent is resented.
Words near resent in the dictionary
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