Resent
/rɪˈzɛnt/noun
To feel and show bitter anger or displeasure at a perceived insult or injury.
Did you know?Resent is built from Latin *sentire* (“to feel”), the same root behind *sentiment* and *sentience*, so its emotional force is literally about re-feeling an old wound.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
re- + sentire
“to feel again; to perceive again”
Late Latin
Late Latin
resentire
“to feel again, perceive again”
14th Century
Old French
resentir
“to feel strongly; to perceive; later, to feel bitterness”
15th Century
Middle English
resenten
“to feel; to perceive; to be conscious of”
Modern English
English
resent
“to feel bitter anger or indignation at an insult or injury”