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resent

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of resent

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
Synonyms of resent

begrudge, envy
Words Related to resent

ache (for), covet, crave, desire, die (for), hanker (for or after), hunger (for), itch (for), jones (for) [slang], long (for), lust (for or after), pant (after), thirst (for), want, wish (for), yearn (for), yen (for)

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