meaning of resent
1. To be sensible of; to feel
2. In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
3. In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
4. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.
5. 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.
6. To feel resentment.
7. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
8. feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid less than her
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Related Words
resent | resented | resenter | resentful | resentfully | resentiment | resenting | resentingly | resentive | resentment |
