to feel bitter or angry about sth, especially because you feel it is unfair:
[VN] I deeply resented her criticism. * The children resented the new woman in their father's life. * [V-ing] He bitterly resents being treated like a child. * [VN-ing] She resented him making all the decisions. * (formal) She resented his making all the decisions.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for resent is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is resent a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, resent is tagged as verb.
Does resent appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — resent appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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