Resent

[rɪ'zent] or [rɪ'zɛnt]

Definition

(verb.) feel bitter or indignant about; 'She resents being paid less than her co-workers'.

Checker: Pamela--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To be sensible of; to feel

(v. t.) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.

(v. t.) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.

(v. t.) To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.

(v. t.) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i.

(v. i.) To feel resentment.

(v. i.) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Take ill, take amiss, take offence at, take umbrage at, be offended at, be indignant at, be provoked at.

v. n. Be angry, flare up, take offence, take umbrage.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Repel, resist, rebel, recalcitrate, take_ill

ANT:Acquiesce, submit, condone, pardon, overlook

Edited by Gene

Definition

v.t. to take ill: to consider as an injury or affront: to be indignant at: to express indignation: to have a strong perception of: to perceive by the sense of smell—v.i. to be indignant.—n. Resent′er.—adj. Resent′ful full of or prone to resentment.—advs. Resent′fully; Resent′ingly.—adj. Resent′ive.—n. Resent′ment the act of resenting: displeasure: anger.

Typist: Virginia