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
If any people have legitimate reasons to resent Americans, Cambodians do.
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Carter Popkin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Sensing antisemitism on the left as well as on the right, Jesse resents being called upon to justify Israeli foreign policy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Do individual employees resent having to account for themselves to an AI agent, rather than their human managers?
—David Prosser, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Multi-day vacations remained out of reach for most working people, and many of them resented the upper classes’ summering as a manifestation of inequality.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
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Carter Popkin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Sensing antisemitism on the left as well as on the right, Jesse resents being called upon to justify Israeli foreign policy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Do individual employees resent having to account for themselves to an AI agent, rather than their human managers?
—David Prosser, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Multi-day vacations remained out of reach for most working people, and many of them resented the upper classes’ summering as a manifestation of inequality.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for resent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resent
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Jung warned that dismissing this call leads to a shadow life of projection (envying those who live authentically), self-sabotage or psychosomatic symptoms as the psyche demands course correction.—
Brittney Van Matre,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Some envied the compassion DeeDee showed, wishing for similar support in their own families.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The begrudging foster father, played by Pedro Pascal, was killed by newcomer Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) in the second episode of the show’s second season.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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But it would be misguided to begrudge the show its creative license, and specifically its refusal to fixate on the bureaucratic nightmare that is being gravely ill in America, when so many of its enormous swings connect.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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For those who do not want to lock up that firearm, Michael suggests other interventions that can help prevent suicide.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The firepit is there for anyone who just wants to cheer from the sidelines.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Resent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resent. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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