She resented being told what to do.
He resented his boss for making him work late.
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So fans have genuine reasons to resent the way in which FIFA organizes the World Cup both politically and commercially.—Stefan Szymanski, The Conversation, 10 June 2026 But Tate was already coming to resent paying Navarro and Walker a cut of their earnings.—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 The party resents being asked about Biden or Platner, resents that the political press can’t point its cameras somewhere else.—David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 June 2026 Dern replaced Carter as some sort of actress perhaps resenting her elder-stateswoman status.—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for resent
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Etymology
Middle French resentir to be emotionally sensible of, from Old French, from re- + sentir to feel, from Latin sentire — more at sense