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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: ressentir 'to feel strongly about', from sentir 'to feel', from Latin sentire

resent

 verb
     
re‧sent [transitive]
to feel angry or upset about a situation or about something that someone has done, especially because you think that it is not fair
resent (somebody) doing something
I resented having to work such long hours.
bitterly/deeply/strongly resent
She bitterly resented his mother's influence over him.
Paul resented the fact that Carol didn't trust him.
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