resenting

present participle of resent
as in envying
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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“Resenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resenting. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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