as in envies
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 resents
Neytiri grieves the loss of her home and her tribe and resents Jake for it.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
Rumors indicate that Camilla is not really happy about how favorably Kate is perceived and resents the fact that her daughter-in-law gets so much of the attention and positive press.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Nov. 2025
Other people, in other words, have paid dearly for Jay’s success, none more so than Jess, who resents her dad for having spent her childhood away on film sets.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Meester appears on a season 2 episode as Abby, a childhood pal whom Joanne still resents for cutting the hair of her American Girl Doll.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 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
Jeremiah still resents Conrad for pretending to help with the wedding while trying to sabotage it.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Even if city brass resents the reality that hip-hop made Atlanta the Black mecca, there are plenty of artists who don’t.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
Rumors indicate that Camilla is not really happy about how favorably Kate is perceived and resents the fact that her daughter-in-law gets so much of the attention and positive press.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Nov. 2025
Other people, in other words, have paid dearly for Jay’s success, none more so than Jess, who resents her dad for having spent her childhood away on film sets.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Meester appears on a season 2 episode as Abby, a childhood pal whom Joanne still resents for cutting the hair of her American Girl Doll.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 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
Jeremiah still resents Conrad for pretending to help with the wedding while trying to sabotage it.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Even if city brass resents the reality that hip-hop made Atlanta the Black mecca, there are plenty of artists who don’t.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resents
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While a painter envies the novelist’s ability to inhabit consciousness, or a filmmaker envies the freedom from production costs, artists must be warned that writing carries its own myths and seductive fallacies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
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Biological factors are also something the APA wants to incorporate better into the DSM.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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Not everyone can afford or wants to pay for an expensive pair of noise-canceling headphones, especially if they only get used during air travel.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Resents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resents. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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