resent.
To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
Meaning & usage
To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
The bride greatly resented being left at the church.
To express displeasure or indignation at.
Do you resent us for offering you that choice?
To be sensible of; to feel.
In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent, to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”).
simple past and past participle of resend
The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.
Where this word comes from
See resend.
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