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Meanings of resent in English

Catalan
envejar
Spanish
envidiar

Wish ill or allow unwillingly.

envejar
Usage of resent in English
1
Many of the Italian players resent that I came here for: money.
The Guardian
2
Like many in positions of power, the police seem to resent accountability.
The Guardian
3
Edward Hargrove had not the spirit to resent this; he only answered:
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
4
Somehow Keith could not resent the implication; it was too impersonally delivered.
The Gray Dawn
5
Lyndon Johnson had reasons to resent the Kennedys, and Bobby in particular.
True compass: a memoir
6
Six thousand days on, he was too debased to resent his debasement.
The black prism
7
This time, though, he didn't resent her quite so much for it.
Amagansett
8
And they resent Iran's expensive foreign policy activism in the Middle East.
The Irish Times
9
No matter how much I love you, I think I'd resent it.
Daddy
10
No one in that room had the courage to resent his rudeness.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
11
Something in his expression checked her first impulse to resent the question.
The Swindler and Other Stories
12
But I think Cornelia had begun to resent me long before this.
Unfinished desires: a novel
13
Most of those in line to lose ministerial positions resent the suggestion.
The Irish Times
14
The big buckskin would resent the approach of a stranger by snorting.
Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
15
In time, the captious Mrs. Spofford began to resent this studied indifference.
West Wind Drift
16
We resent the pressure, and we resent being made to feel ashamed.
The Guardian
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Translations for resent
Catalan
envejar
Spanish
envidiar
Resent through the time
Resent across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common