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
But at a moment when many people are in a perpetual state of gloominess — courtesy of the news, social media doomscrolling or streaming/cable dramas that confuse lack of literal illumination with profundity — the pleasantly sunny escapism is difficult to resent.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
He routinely gets beaten or abducted by subjects who resent his coverage.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The folk world resented the Beatles because of the sound.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Instead of resenting rivals, recognize that their efforts to raise the bar ultimately benefit your business, too, by attracting more customers, increasing overall demand and driving innovation across the board.
—Levi King, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
He routinely gets beaten or abducted by subjects who resent his coverage.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The folk world resented the Beatles because of the sound.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Instead of resenting rivals, recognize that their efforts to raise the bar ultimately benefit your business, too, by attracting more customers, increasing overall demand and driving innovation across the board.
—Levi King, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for resent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resent
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Compare your inside with other people’s outside, envying others’ success without having a full picture of their lives.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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China also put on a massive military parade that Trump, who loves a good parade, could only envy.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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Surely, no one would begrudge him cutting that down now to the kind of set that befits mortal men who have to pace themselves at any age, let alone.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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This helps make the world and characters feel even richer, giving you some vital looks into the relationships between key characters — like fleshing out the begrudging respect the ruthless mercenary Gafgarion feels for Ramza.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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In grabbing McNeeley in the same class as Knueppel, Sion James and Ryan Kalkbrenner, Charlotte wanted to infuse its roster with youthful players boasting an old school mentality.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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For its part, Beijing remained defiant, with the commerce ministry saying Sunday that China doesn’t want a tariff war but is also not afraid of one.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Resent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resent. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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