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
Do individual employees resent having to account for themselves to an AI agent, rather than their human managers?
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David Prosser, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Multi-day vacations remained out of reach for most working people, and many of them resented the upper classes’ summering as a manifestation of inequality.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
Jérémie stays on as a guest of the baker’s widow (Catherine Frot), but her son (Jean-Baptiste Durand) resents the prodigal’s return.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
Local officials resent Newsom’s efforts to pin responsibility for failure on them.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
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David Prosser, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Multi-day vacations remained out of reach for most working people, and many of them resented the upper classes’ summering as a manifestation of inequality.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
Jérémie stays on as a guest of the baker’s widow (Catherine Frot), but her son (Jean-Baptiste Durand) resents the prodigal’s return.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
Local officials resent Newsom’s efforts to pin responsibility for failure on them.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resent
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Jung warned that dismissing this call leads to a shadow life of projection (envying those who live authentically), self-sabotage or psychosomatic symptoms as the psyche demands course correction.—
Brittney Van Matre,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Some envied the compassion DeeDee showed, wishing for similar support in their own families.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Turning his back on the Championship does not feel like a choice anyone would begrudge him.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Could anyone begrudge flagship club Leipzig toppling one of the sides with Super League-hungry owners in a European knockout tie?—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Now, a New Jersey mayor wants to shut the initiative down.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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While weddings are generally less formal these days, that arguably makes the dress code even more challenging: no one wants to be underdressed, or overdressed, for a friend’s big day.—
Emily Chan,
Vogue,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Resent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resent. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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