Thesaurus results for RESENTING

resenting

verb

present participle of resent

as in envying

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 resenting If work interrupts family time, name the boundary and offer a practical alternative instead of quietly resenting everyone involved. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026 Dern replaced Carter as some sort of actress perhaps resenting her elder-stateswoman status. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 May 2026 At the time, many people who had previously toiled in the fields shifted to working long shifts in cramped, and often dangerous manufacturing and textile facilities while increasingly resenting the industrialists who owned the factories. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026 Stop resenting her presumptiveness and talk to her. — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026 Thanking someone for thinking of you, but declining an invitation will be more respectful to the invitee and yourself than resenting the commitment later. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025 Instead of resenting rivals, recognize that their efforts to raise the bar ultimately benefit your business, too, by attracting more customers, increasing overall demand and driving innovation across the board. — Levi King, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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There is no envying Detroit’s position right now, but Seider still looks at the picture, doubts and all, and sees opportunity.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Jordan, to whom scorn comes more naturally than grace, accuses him of envying the rest of the troupe’s ennobling misery.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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For Ukraine, this entire episode may seem like yet another bitter, existential betrayal by an American leader who has at times acknowledged a begrudging respect for Kyiv’s bold military tactics.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
Speaking of which, our final fancy-breakfast-table showdown of the season, in which Byron and Secretary Mullins manage to win the ever-begrudging Russian ambassador Maxim Petrov over to their plan.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026

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Voters wanting to avoid long lines can use the site to find wait times and the nearest polling place.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026
Engelbert was proud of all she's accomplished in her seven-year plus tenure as commissioner, but stopped short of wanting to discuss her own mark on the league.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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