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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
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.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The action then jumps seventeen years into the future, where Morgan and Chris’s daughter, Clara (Mckenna Grace), is now a teen-ager who resents her mom’s protectiveness and idolizes her freewheeling aunt.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
And no one resents that more than kids, particularly kids old enough to understand what’s happening.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 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
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The action then jumps seventeen years into the future, where Morgan and Chris’s daughter, Clara (Mckenna Grace), is now a teen-ager who resents her mom’s protectiveness and idolizes her freewheeling aunt.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
And no one resents that more than kids, particularly kids old enough to understand what’s happening.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 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
wants
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Everybody wants to have a play and that’s a positive thing.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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According to court documents, the Marathon County Sheriff's Office notifies ICE of every person booked into the jail who was not born in the United States, and asks if the agency wants a detainer.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Resents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resents. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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