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
Jeremiah still resents Conrad for pretending to help with the wedding while trying to sabotage it.
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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
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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Their simple plan goes awry when one of their relatives wants a posh Korean wedding banquet in the heartfelt romantic comedy.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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If your toddler wants to listen to even more music after school, start with this playlist, which is just over 30 minutes.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Resents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resents. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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