Synonyms of resent

resent

verb

ri-ˈzent 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• envy
• begrudge
• want
• covet
• crave
• desire
• die (for)
• long (for)
• wish (for)
• yearn (for)
• hunger (for)
• lust (for or after)
• ache (for)
• yen (for)
• pant (after)
• thirst (for)
• jones (for)
• itch (for)
• hanker (for or after)
• salivate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of resent

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

Dern replaced Carter as some sort of actress perhaps resenting her elder-stateswoman status. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 May 2026

Indigenous people who were not enslaved resented being treated like slaves (colonists felt the same). —Literary Hub, 26 May 2026

No doubt many creeps of the bracket were resented along the way. —Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026