resent

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈzɛnt/, /ɹɪˈzɛnt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

resent (third-person singular simple present resents, present participle resenting, simple past and past participle resented)

1. (transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.

   The bride greatly resented being left at the church.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎^[1]:

     Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, […] .

2. (transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.
   • (Can we date this quote by Bolingbroke and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The good prince King James […] bore dishonourably what he might have resented safely.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To be sensible of; to feel.
4. (transitive, obsolete) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     […] which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.

5. (obsolete) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent, to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
   • (Can we date this quote by Fuller and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savour in the soul of Saul.

   • (Can we date this quote by Fuller and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift.

6. (obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

Translations

to feel resentment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: wrok koesteren
• Finnish: pahastua (fi)
• French: avoir de l’amertume
• German: grollen (de), böse sein, hassen (de)
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• Maori: mānatunatu
• Persian: دلخور شدن (delxor šodan)
• Russian: негодова́ть (ru) impf (negodovátʹ)
• Spanish: resentir (es), resentirse (es)
• Turkish: içerlemek (tr), zoruna gitmek (tr)

to express displeasure or indignation at

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 憤慨／愤慨 (zh) (fènkǎi), 愤慨 (zh) (fènkǎi)

• Dutch: zijn ongenoegen uiten, zich storen aan
• Finnish: paheksua (fi)
• French: exprimer son mécontentement, s’indigner (fr)
• German: sich ärgern (de), empört sein (de), sich empören (de), übelnehmen (de), verübeln, übel nehmen (de)
• Greek: μνησικακώ (el) (mnisikakó)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: taka einhverju illa, taka eitthvað óstinnt upp, gremjast eitthvað, vera misboðið með einhverju
• Japanese: 憤慨する (ja) (ふんがいする, fungai suru)
• Maori: takarita
• Persian: دلخور شدن (delxor šodan)
• Portuguese: ressentir (pt)
• Russian: возмуща́ться (ru) impf (vozmuščátʹsja), возмути́ться (ru) pf (vozmutítʹsja), вопи́ть (ru) impf (vopítʹ), возопи́ть (ru) (vozopítʹ) (yell, bawl), поднима́ть крик impf (podnimátʹ krik), подня́ть крик pf (podnjátʹ krik), протестова́ть (ru) impf (protestovátʹ), негодова́ть (ru) impf (negodovátʹ)
• Turkish: darılmak (tr), gücenmek (tr), alınmak (tr)

Etymology 2

See resend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈsɛnt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

resent

1. simple past and past participle of resend

   The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.

Further reading

• “resent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “resent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Enters, Ernest, Senter, enters, entres, ernest, nester, renest, rentes, strene, tenser, treens