as in envying
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 resenting
Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 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
Stop resenting her presumptiveness and talk to her.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Thanking someone for thinking of you, but declining an invitation will be more respectful to the invitee and yourself than resenting the commitment later.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 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
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 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
Stop resenting her presumptiveness and talk to her.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
Thanking someone for thinking of you, but declining an invitation will be more respectful to the invitee and yourself than resenting the commitment later.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resenting
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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
Verb
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His theory might receive only begrudging mention in psychology textbooks, but it is used, directly and indirectly, in classrooms worldwide.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Apr. 2026
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And no one is begrudging McAvoy and Swayman’s savoring the victory.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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People talk about wanting authenticity, wanting discovery, wanting to support small producers, but then skip the wines that aren’t already on a majority of lists or highly rated.—
Maryam Ahmed,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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This could be a model for other states wanting to boost rural development, support farmers and increase healthy food supply to people facing food insecurity.—
Rajiv J. Shah,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Resenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resenting. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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