Resent

Definition: Resent

Resent

Verb

1. Feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers".

2. Wish ill or allow unwillingly.

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Date "resent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

Synonym: Resent

Resentment

Verb: resent; take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception; take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon; ne pas entendre raillerie; breathe revenge, cut up rough.

Crosswords: Resent

It's natural, therefore -correct, even - that they should resent us. How could they do otherwise, when we refused to treat them like fellow human beings (M. Butterfly; writing credit: David Henry Hwang.)

That is canine profiling, and I resent it (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

You know, you're beginning to fascinate me, and I resent that in any man. (The Gay Divorcee; writing credit: J. Hartley Manners; Dwight Taylor)

I hate the fact that you bring me down to this; really I do, I resent it. (The Office; writing credit: Ricky Gervais; Stephen Merchant)

I resent that, Chief (Get Smart; writing credit: Shinichi Sekizawa; Futaro Yamada)

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Books

• Trials-Don't Resent Them as Intruders (reference)

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There is a tradition-- that cooks resent innovations in the kitchen. Credit: Library of Congress.

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But as I was not in a condition to resent injuries, so, upon mature thoughts, I began to doubt whether I were injured or not.

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Health

It is not unnatural, then, for siblings to resent the "privileged status" of the sick child in the family, neighborhood, and school and the lack of attention to their own needs. (references)

Business

Many minorities resent Han officials holding key positions in minority autonomous regions. (references)

Ethnic Tibetans resent disproportionate Han representation in the student body and faculty. (references)

Children

Guatemala

The prosecutor assigned to the case, Villar Anleu, gave little importance to the case and appeared to resent the father for bringing the case. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

This has resulted in some hostility among local communities whose residents resent the economic competition and believe that the refugees contribute to high crime rates. (references)

Economic History

Portugal

The Portuguese may resent the assumption that the Spanish know the Portuguese market. (references)

Minorities

Panama

In addition, Panamanians often resent Chinese immigrants for their perceived indifference toward the culture of their adopted country and their clannish behavior. (references)

Ghana

Traditionalists believe that their time-honored customs should be accorded due respect, while some Christians resent the imposition of bans, which they believe infringes on their right to worship. (references)

Kenya

Many persons of African descent resent those of Asian descent for their affluence, and for their reluctance to assimilate African culture and to employ blacks, particularly in management positions. (references)

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Expression using "resent": i resent that. Additional references.

Albanian

nuk duroj (object), kam zët (dislike, hate). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حنق (anger, enrage, exasperation, foam, frenzy, fury, infuriate, ire, irritation, look savage, rage, wrath), ‏إمتعض (take umbrage), ‏إغتاظ (chafe, rage), ‏إستاء (feel bad, offend, sulk). (various references)

Bulgarian 

чувствувам се обиден, чувствувам се засегнат, възмущавам се, негодувам (rebel, revolt). (various references)

Chinese 

憤慨 (resentment), 再寄 (Resend). (various references)

Czech

nesnášet (detest, hate), neschvalovat (deplore, deprecate, frown at), cítit odpor k. (various references)

Dutch

aanstoot nemen aan (take exception to, take offence at). (various references)

Esperanto

ofendiĝi pro (take exception to, take offence at), indigni pri (take exception to, take offence at), ŝokiĝi (take exception, take offence). (various references)

Farsi 

منزجرشدن از, خشمگین شدن از, اظهارتنفرکردن از, اظهاررنجش کردن , رنجیدن از. (various references)

Finnish

loukkaantua (be hurt, be injured, be offended, feel resentment, take offence, take something as a personal affront). (various references)

French

ressentons, ressentez, ressentent, s'indigner de, ne pas apprécier, être indigné de, être contrarié par. (various references)

German

übelnehmen (hold against, miff, take amiss, take badly, take in bad part, take offense, to resent), verübeln (take amiss, to resent). (various references)

Greek 

μνησικακώ (grudge), φέρω βάρεως, φέρω βαρέωσ, αγαναχτώ, δυσανασχετώ. (various references)

Hebrew 

להתמרמר (bitch, complain, grouse, grumble), להתרעם (complain, murmur against). (various references)

Hungarian

megsértõdik (get the needle, huff, take offence, take offense), kikér magának, ellenez (have objections, negate, negative, oppose, to balk, to discourage, to mind, to object, to object to sg, to raise objection, to traverse). (various references)

Indonesian

menyesalkan (deplore), mendendami, mendendam (rancorous). (various references)

Italian

risentirsi di, offendersi di, essere sdegnato per. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

憤る (to be, to be angry, to be enraged, to resent). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いきどおる (to be angry, to be enraged, to be indignant, to resent). (various references)

Korean 

다시 보내는. (various references)

Manx

ve myskidagh rish, ve jymmoosagh rish, bee goanlyssagh rish. (various references)

Norwegian

ergre seg over (take exception to, take offence at). (various references)

Pig Latin

esentray.(various references)

Portuguese

ressentir-se de, ressentir, ofender-se com, melindrar-se com, guardar rancor. (various references)

Romanian

lua în nume de rãu (grudge). (various references)

Russian 

обижаться (take offence, take offense), негодовать (cut up rough). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vređati (call names, insult, jar, offend). (various references)

Spanish

resentirse de (suffer), resentirse, tomar a mal (take amiss), ofenderse por (take exception to). (various references)

Swedish

harmas över (resents). (various references)

Thai

โกรธเคือง. (various references)

Turkish

içerlemek (be hurt, be in a huff, bridle up, take umbrage at), gücenmek (be hurt, be offended, be piqued at, be vexed with smb., chafe, go to pieces, have the pouts, huff, take offence, take offense, take umbrage at), gücüne gitmek, alınmak (be enroled, be enrolled, be offended, gain admission, get the needle, take offence, take offense, take umbrage at). (various references)

Ukrainian

обурюватися (disdain), ображатися (huff, stomach). (various references)

indignabantur, indignabitur, indignamini, indignandum, indignans, indignantes, indignari, indignata, indignati, indignatus, indignatusque, indigneris, indignetur. (various references)

ressentir. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "resent": resented, resentence, resentenced, resentences, resentencing, resentful, resentfully, resentfulness, resentfulnesses, resenting, resentment, resentments, resents. (additional references)

Words ending with "resent": copresent, misrepresent, omnipresent, present, represent. (additional references)

Words containing "resent": copresented, copresenting, copresents, misrepresentation, misrepresentations, misrepresentative, misrepresented, misrepresenting, misrepresents, nonrepresentational, nonrepresentationalism, nonrepresentationalisms, nonrepresentative, nonrepresentatives, overrepresentation, overrepresentations, overrepresented, presentabilities, presentability, presentable, presentableness, presentablenesses, presentably, presentation, presentational, presentations, presentative, presented, presentee, presentees, presentence, presentenced, presentences, presentencing, presentencings, presenter, presenters, presentient, presentiment, presentimental, presentiments, presenting, presentism, presentisms, presentist, presently, presentment, presentments, presentness, presentnesses, presents. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Resent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cresent, desent, Erzen, raent, Rasante, raysen, reasent, redsen, reent, reisen, rement, resang, resant, rescent, resect, resemt, resept, resewn, reshen, resient, resne, resnt, reson, Ressano, ressent, resten, restent, retant, retentum, retint, revent, rezen, rezent, rezest, Riscnt, risent, roseni, Rushent, Tresseno. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: enters, nester, renest, rentes, tenser, ternes, treens.

-1 letter: enter, ernes, ester, nerts, reest, rente, rents, reset, sente, sneer, steer, stere, stern, teens, tense, terne, terns, terse, treen, trees.

-2 letters: erne, erns, erst, nest, nets, rees, rent, rest, rete, rets, seen, seer, sene, sent, sere, teen, tees, tens, tern, tree.

-3 letters: ens, ere, ern, ers, nee, net, ree, res, ret, see, sen.

+1 letter: centers, centres, earnest, eastern, entires, entrees, entries, estrone, externs, gerents, nearest, nesters, nestler, netters, neuters, penster, present, regents, relents, renests, rennets, renters, repents, resents, retenes, retines, retunes, serpent, sterner, styrene, teeners, tenders, tenners, tenrecs, tenters, tenures, trienes, tureens, venters, western, yestern.

+2 letters: absenter, arenites, arsenate, arsenite, assenter, besprent, bestrewn, centares, centners, crescent, dentures, earnests, earstone, enlister, enterers, enterons, enticers, entreats, entresol, estrange, estrogen, estrones, esurient, eternals, eternise, extensor, externes, fastener, fenestra, ferments, ferniest, gentries, grantees, greatens, greenest, greenths, hastener, heartens, honester, infester, inserted, inserter, insetter, integers, intenser, interest, internes, intersex, kernites, lecterns, listener, misenter, muenster, negaters, nerdiest, nerviest, nestlers, nettlers, niteries, oestrone, oneriest, pensters, percents, perpents, pertness, precents, presents, preteens, pretends, pretense, prevents, ratteens, reagents, reascent, reenacts, reenlist, reenters, reesting, refasten, reinsert, reinters, reinvest, renested, rentiers, resented, resident, resinate, resonate, retinues, reunites, sarcenet, sarsenet, sauterne, secretin, sederunt, sentries, serenata, serenate, serenest, serenity, sergeant, serjeant, serotine, serpents, silenter, sintered, sirvente, softener, stearine, steering, sternest, sternite, styrenes, teensier, telerans, tenoners, terpenes, terranes, terreens, terrenes, terrines, trainees, trenches, trendies, trientes, trueness, underset, unrested, ventures, veterans, westerns, yestreen.