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resent


verb (used with object)

  1. to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.

verb (used with object), re·sent, re·send·ing.

  1. to send again.
  2. to send back.

verb

  1. (tr) to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at
v.

“take (something) ill; be in some degree angry or provoked at,” c.1600, from French ressentir “feel pain, regret,” from Old French resentir “feel again, feel in turn” (13c.), from re-, intensive prefix, + sentir “to feel,” from Latin sentire (see sense (n.)). Related: Resented; resenting.

v.

1550s, from re- + send. Related: Resent; resending.

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