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{ "term": "resent", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "resent", "heSheIt": "resents" }, "pastSimple": "resented", "pastParticiple": "resented", "ingForm": "resenting" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to feel bitter or angry about something, especially because you feel it is unfair", "sensetop": "resent something/somebodyresent doing somethingresent somebody doing something", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I **deeply resented** her criticism.", "contextForm": "resent something/somebody" }, { "text": "The children resented the new woman in their father’s life." }, { "text": "He **bitterly resents** being treated like a child.", "contextForm": "resent doing something" }, { "text": "She resented him making all the decisions.", "contextForm": "resent somebody doing something" }, { "text": "She resented his making all the decisions." }, { "text": "I resent the implication that I don't care about my father." }, { "text": "I resent the insinuation that I'm only interested in the money." }, { "text": "He deeply resented the fact that his teammates did not support him." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["bitterly", "deeply", "greatly"] } } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzent/", "audio": "re/resent/resent__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzents/", "audio": "re/resent/resents__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzentɪd/", "audio": "re/resent/resented__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzentɪŋ/", "audio": "re/resent/resenting__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzent/", "audio": "re/resent/resent__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzents/", "audio": "re/resent/resents__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzentɪd/", "audio": "re/resent/resented__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzentɪŋ/", "audio": "re/resent/resenting__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from obsolete French resentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + sentir ‘feel’ (from Latin sentire). The early sense was ‘experience an emotion or sensation’, later ‘feel deeply’, giving rise to ‘feel aggrieved by’." }