{
    "term": "resent",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "resent",
            "heSheIt": "resents"
        },
        "pastSimple": "resented",
        "pastParticiple": "resented",
        "ingForm": "resenting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to feel bitter or angry about something, especially because you feel it is unfair",
            "sensetop": "resent something/somebodyresent doing somethingresent somebody doing something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I **deeply resented** her criticism.",
                    "contextForm": "resent something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children resented the new woman in their father’s life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **bitterly resents** being treated like a child.",
                    "contextForm": "resent doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She resented him making all the decisions.",
                    "contextForm": "resent somebody doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She resented his making all the decisions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I resent the implication that I don't care about my father."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I resent the insinuation that I'm only interested in the money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He deeply resented the fact that his teammates did not support him."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["bitterly", "deeply", "greatly"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzent/",
                "audio": "re/resent/resent__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzents/",
                "audio": "re/resent/resents__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzentɪd/",
                "audio": "re/resent/resented__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzentɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/resent/resenting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzent/",
                "audio": "re/resent/resent__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzents/",
                "audio": "re/resent/resents__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzentɪd/",
                "audio": "re/resent/resented__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzentɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/resent/resenting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from obsolete French resentir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + sentir ‘feel’ (from Latin sentire). The early sense was ‘experience an emotion or sensation’, later ‘feel deeply’, giving rise to ‘feel aggrieved by’."
}