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- [ri-zent]
- /rɪˈzɛnt/
- /rɪˈzent/
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- [ri-zent]
- /rɪˈzɛnt/
Definitions of resent word
- verb with object resent to send again. 1
- verb with object resent to send back. 1
- transitive verb resent feel aggrieved at sb 1
- transitive verb resent feel aggrieved about sth 1
- verb resent If you resent someone or something, you feel bitter and angry about them. 0
- verb resent to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at 0
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Origin of resent
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; < French ressentir to be angry < Old French resentir, equivalent to re- re- + sentir to feel < Latin sentīre; see sense
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Parts of speech for Resent
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
resent popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
resent usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for resent
verb resent
- begrudge — If you do not begrudge someone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it.
- dis-favored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disfavored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- eat one's heart out — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
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