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
And no one resents that more than kids, particularly kids old enough to understand what’s happening.
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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
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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An offense that wants to be in 12 personnel as often as the Commanders do (on about 24 percent of offensive snaps since the start of last season) had to build a tight ends room where players weren’t just carbon copies, but had above-average traits in areas that complemented one another.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Politically or electorally speaking, Maoism could hardly be less relevant in this day and age—no one wants egalitarian totalitarianism anymore than (most) people want fascism.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Resents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resents. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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