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Word entry · 6 letters

resent

Best crossword clue

"Feel bitter about"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɹiˈzɛnt/Part of speech verbSorted eenrstStarts with REnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. feel bitter or indignant about

Word origin

From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”).

Used in a sentence

  • The bride greatly resented being left at the church.
  • […] 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.

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