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verb (used with object)
- to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
verb
- (tr) to feel bitter, indignant, or aggrieved at
“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.