MEANING
To feel anger or bitterness because of a real or perceived wrong, burden, or unfairness.
Use it for
Express lingering bitterness about an unfairness.Names a lasting response to perceived unfairness rather than a momentary flash of anger.
Words that belong together
- resent a remark
- resent being overlooked
- quietly resent
On the page
She resented being asked to apologize for a decision she had not made.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- resent
- Past tense
- resented
- Past participle
- resented
- Present participle
- resenting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- resent
- Present continuous
- am/is/are resenting
- Present perfect
- have/has resented
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been resenting
- Past
- resented
- Past continuous
- was/were resenting
- Past perfect
- had resented
- Past perfect continuous
- had been resenting
- Future
- will resent
- Future continuous
- will be resenting
- Future perfect
- will have resented
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been resenting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
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Usage notes
Usually takes a person, action, or situation as its object; the feeling often lingers after the original slight.
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