as in envied
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 resented
His main rivals were Sunni Islamists who resented rule by Hafez’s Alawite minority.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
The jury probably resented being there.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
What China has always resisted and resented is an America that seeks to remake the rest of the world in its own image.
—Eric X. Li, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2016
Sunni Muslims and Christians resented it, but lacked the power to object.
—Ibrahim Al-Marashi / Made By History, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
The jury probably resented being there.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024
What China has always resisted and resented is an America that seeks to remake the rest of the world in its own image.
—Eric X. Li, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2016
Sunni Muslims and Christians resented it, but lacked the power to object.
—Ibrahim Al-Marashi / Made By History, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Resented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resented. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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