She resented being told what to do.
He resented his boss for making him work late.
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Meester appears on a season 2 episode as Abby, a childhood pal whom Joanne still resents for cutting the hair of her American Girl Doll.—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025 The action then jumps seventeen years into the future, where Morgan and Chris’s daughter, Clara (Mckenna Grace), is now a teen-ager who resents her mom’s protectiveness and idolizes her freewheeling aunt.—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025 Megan seemed to resent that Jordan was often tired, and often wanted to rest in silence at the end of the day, while Jordan grew exasperated that Megan expected so much of him.—Sam Reed, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2025 And no one resents that more than kids, particularly kids old enough to understand what’s happening.—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2025 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
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