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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’."
}