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
So fans have genuine reasons to resent the way in which FIFA organizes the World Cup both politically and commercially.
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Stefan Szymanski,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
But Tate was already coming to resent paying Navarro and Walker a cut of their earnings.
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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.
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David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 June 2026
Indigenous people who were not enslaved resented being treated like slaves (colonists felt the same).
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Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for resent
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
Indigenous people who were not enslaved resented being treated like slaves (colonists felt the same).
—
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for resent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resent
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The instinct to envy the unicorn’s conditions is a trap.
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Sharp, sleek, shoulder-grazing-length—what's not to envy about this edgy cut by stylist Chris Jones?
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Those feelings changed to begrudged respect as a teen and outright admiration as an adult.
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Fans and critics met her pivot with begrudging respect, thanks to the strength of the album’s melodies.
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Your 10th House of Career wants focus as the Sun forms a quincunx with transformative Pluto in your 5th House of Creativity, testing balance between responsibility and joy.
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The complaint also identifies several defendants as having ties to the Christian Zheng Sheng Association, a Hong Kong charity whose founder, Jacob Lam Hay-sing, is wanted by Hong Kong police in an unrelated criminal investigation.
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“Resent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resent. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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