Thesaurus results for RESENT

resent

verb

ri-ˈzent

as in to envy

to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages a public prosecutor who resents the nice clothes, fancy car, and big house that his old law school classmate has always resented her baby brother, whom her parents doted on

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Recent Examples of resent Public officials resent having to pick up the slack. —

Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026 Then there is the lifelong contentiousness with her mother, Marluce Martins Perry, a talented Brazilian artist who reluctantly traded her gifts and status for matrimony and child-rearing and resented her family in the wake of her decision. —

A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 4 May 2026 His supporters touted video of Stevens being booed at the convention, only to watch other Democrats openly resent the disruption — likening it to activists on the left who refused to vote for Democratic nominees in 2016 and 2024. —

Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for resent

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Hong Kyung-Pio’s splendid cinematography, Micheal Abel’s huge orchestral score, Kim Hanjoon’s ace visual effects, and Yoo Sang Seoob’s impressive stunt coordination all deliver on a level Hollywood might envy, and likely at a tenth of the cost.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 May 2026
But compared to their predecessors and others in the region, this new generation of Gulf leaders offers a model of modernity that is envied and increasingly emulated throughout the Arab world.

— Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 15 May 2026