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resent

[ri-zent] / rɪˈzɛnt /


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The naughty boys who played on bomb sites resented the legend of heroism but took pride in capturing the flag.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stay put rather than starting fresh somewhere where the people above you won’t have loyalty to you and those below you will resent you.

From The Wall Street Journal

He thought about Abby, guiltily remembering all the times he had resented having to wait for her.

From Literature

And, oh, how stupid to risk a job that, however much she resented it, was as good as she could hope for.

From Literature

"As she said in her own memoir, she resents that others defined her the first time around," Jellison told the BBC.

From BBC