resent
Meanings
verb
- To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
- To express displeasure or indignation at.
- 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.
verb
- simple past and past participle of resend
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”).
Derived words
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