wish ill or allow unwillingly

feel bitter or indignant about; " She resents being paid less than her co- workers"

To be sensible of; to feel

In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.

In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.

To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.

To feel resentment.

To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

Resentful.

To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; - associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i.

To consider as an injury or insult; to be angry because of; be indignant at.

( orig.) To take well: to take ill: to consider as an injury or affront: to be indignant at: to express indignation.

To feel or express indignation at.

To feel or show resentment at; be indignant at.

Resently.

To take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to feel or express anger at.

I had no idea of taking it, but I did not resent it. – The House of Martha by Frank R. Stockton

Would Philip resent the visit? – The Higher Court by Mary Stewart Daggett

If you was half the man I took you to be when you struck this range you'd resent a callin' down like I'm givin' you. – The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by George W. Ogden

If she persisted in knowing all, she would merely divide herself farther from her husband, who would resent her attitude. – Together by Robert Herrick (1868-1938)

That I should resent. – The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne by William J. Locke

Surely she would resent this. – Dwellers in the Hills by Melville Davisson Post

I reject and resent your distinction between the pre- nuptial and post- nuptial states of feelings. – The Kempton-Wace Letters by Jack London Anna Strunsky

And as a consequence she did not at all resent the dark looks that were cast at her by the poor woman whose every glance brought home to her more sharply the disaster that the fire had brought. – A Campfire Girl's Test of Friendship by Jane L. Stewart

Nickie had a thought of lifting his mask and letting his humanity be known to the crowd, but there were many present who had paid to see the show, and these might take it into their heads to resent the imposition. – The Missing Link by Edward Dyson

McMeekin is just the sort of man to resent anything in the way of a professional slight from one of his patients. – Lalage's Lovers 1911 by George A. Birmingham

" I do not resent it," she answered hastily. – My Little Lady by Eleanor Frances Poynter

" Oh, certainly not," replied the Captain, who was inclined to resent Mr. Rae's attempts to school him in diplomacy. – Corporal Cameron by Ralph Connor

We resent all criticism which denies us anything that lies In our line of advance. – The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

He will be under suspicion, but all Europe would resent any injury to Von Ritz. – The Lighted Match by Charles Neville Buck

She didn't know enough about the world to resent anything Caspian had said. – The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

I rather resent his being on our side- I don't think he does us any good. – The Patrician by John Galsworthy

Then you'll not resent my coming straight to the point and asking if I can help you? – The Grain Of Dust A Novel by David Graham Phillips

Sometimes he seemed to resent it. – Love and Lucy by Maurice Henry Hewlett

He began to resent the presence of Stella Ballantyne and he showed it. – Witness For The Defence by A.E.W. Mason