resent
/ɹiˈzɛnt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
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).
Obsolete
verb
simple past and past participle of resend
Example Sentences
- "The bride greatly resented being left at the church."
- "These books will fill, and well fill, certain stretches of life […] But in old or nervous or solemnest or dying hours, when one needs the impalpably soothing and vitalizing influences of abysmic Nature, or its affinities in literature or human society, and the soul resents the keenest mere intellection, they will not be sought for."
- "Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,[…]."
- "[…] of all the sections of a ship's company, the forecastlemen, veterans for the most part and bigoted in their sea-prejudices, are the most jealous in resenting territorial encroachments […]"
- "so that they resent recent Kartvelian encroachment on their land, which has been accompanied by repeated attempts to Georgianize them."
- "Boys’ basketball boosters say something is missing in the stands at away games, cheerleaders resent not being able to meet their rivals on the road, and even female basketball players being hurrahed are unhappy."
Etymology
From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ressentir, resentir
Usage
Inflected Forms
resents (present, singular)
resenting (participle, present)
resented (participle, past)
resented (past)
re-sent (alternative)