as in to envy
to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages
a public prosecutor who resents the nice clothes, fancy car, and big house that his old law school classmate has always resented her baby brother, whom her parents doted on
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Recent Examples of resent
Leave the vining veggies like peas and beans outdoors, as well as root vegetables that can resent transplanting.
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Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
Fury As Man Asks Wife To Help Clean, Cook For Own Surprise Party: 'Divorce'
By Lydia Patrick
Life & Trends Reporter
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The internet has rallied behind a woman for defending her younger brother, after their family began resenting him for dating a wealthier woman.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
One side effect for CMOs and CXOs to worry about is that customers who earn status the old-fashioned way, by actually traveling, may resent the practice of their preferred brand offering shortcuts to status.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Coffee badgers are often turned in by co-workers who resent having to comply with office attendance directives while others evade them, Nickson said.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
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Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
Fury As Man Asks Wife To Help Clean, Cook For Own Surprise Party: 'Divorce'
By Lydia Patrick
Life & Trends Reporter
0
The internet has rallied behind a woman for defending her younger brother, after their family began resenting him for dating a wealthier woman.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
One side effect for CMOs and CXOs to worry about is that customers who earn status the old-fashioned way, by actually traveling, may resent the practice of their preferred brand offering shortcuts to status.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Coffee badgers are often turned in by co-workers who resent having to comply with office attendance directives while others evade them, Nickson said.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resent
Verb
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Willard didn’t envy Illinois coach Brad Underwood’s predicament against Maryland’s big men.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2025
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TikTok’s near-magical algorithm, keeping users hooked on the app, is its secret power, and putting a price tag on such a valuable commodity, envied by every other social media app, is difficult.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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Don’t begrudge others their micro-moments of glory.—
John Bowe, Contributor,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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At the same time, if Manning one day does don a gold jacket, no one will begrudge him — because his career will have earned him the votes to make it so.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Not to have another baby, even though Eddie wants to.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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Palestinians want all three territories for their future independent state.—
Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Resent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resent. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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