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
Resorting to an omnibus is now common, even though it is reviled by many rank-and-file lawmakers who resent being deprived of the ability to resist individual spending provisions without derailing the sole vehicle for averting a shutdown.
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Lazaro Gamio, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
When the fair’s bank account is unexpectedly drained, Gwen returns to discovers that her father, Johnny, is retiring and leaving the business 50-50 to Gwen and her sister, Kate, the fair’s longtime leading lady who resents Gwen’s presence.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
While Kiehn’s ascension to corporate powerhouse wasn’t always smooth—his meteoric rise was resented by fellow Nazi Party members—his company became sufficiently dominant that his rolling papers were distributed widely for free during the war to German soldiers.
—Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
That’s why, no matter how much Californians might resent the ICE raids, state and local officials cannot tell federal agents not to wear masks.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
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Lazaro Gamio, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
When the fair’s bank account is unexpectedly drained, Gwen returns to discovers that her father, Johnny, is retiring and leaving the business 50-50 to Gwen and her sister, Kate, the fair’s longtime leading lady who resents Gwen’s presence.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
While Kiehn’s ascension to corporate powerhouse wasn’t always smooth—his meteoric rise was resented by fellow Nazi Party members—his company became sufficiently dominant that his rolling papers were distributed widely for free during the war to German soldiers.
—Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
That’s why, no matter how much Californians might resent the ICE raids, state and local officials cannot tell federal agents not to wear masks.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
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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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After the game of a lifetime, few would have begrudged Guglielmo Vicario the chance to revel in his brilliance.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Or begrudge the fact that the author has had such a selfless wife to smooth out his life of art?—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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All this after Fern just wanted to renovate her boring bookseller life by starting over next to her orc pal Viv’s coffee shop!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Airwallex’s focus, instead, is on companies that want a global presence and need to be able to issue employee cards, open bank accounts, and pay merchants across dozens of jurisdictions.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Resent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resent. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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