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
Traditional mountain bikers resent e-bikers.
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Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
At the time, many people who had previously toiled in the fields shifted to working long shifts in cramped, and often dangerous manufacturing and textile facilities while increasingly resenting the industrialists who owned the factories.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
But for the most part Walt resented these wartime necessities.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
The letter writer resented that a friend’s teenage son was uncommunicative, seemingly rude and wore headphones at joint family dinners.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
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Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
At the time, many people who had previously toiled in the fields shifted to working long shifts in cramped, and often dangerous manufacturing and textile facilities while increasingly resenting the industrialists who owned the factories.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
But for the most part Walt resented these wartime necessities.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
The letter writer resented that a friend’s teenage son was uncommunicative, seemingly rude and wore headphones at joint family dinners.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resent
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Tom Coyne has one of those jobs most would envy.—
Lee Cowan,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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That’s a schedule most touring musicians would envy — and Pearl’s the one playing the keyboard.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Kiffin was excoriated by fans and media for abandoning his team, but neither Chambliss nor his family begrudge the coach for leaving.—
Bomani Jones,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
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Few who see this production will begrudge the play and its star a spot on that list.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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The project is particularly acrimonious, drawing out geographical battles between north and south and thorny fights between officials who want to build the tunnel and environmentalists and Delta residents seeking to protect the local ecosystem and their way of life.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Chimaev just wants his rival to make it to the cage.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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“Resent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resent. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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