resent

Definitions

re- (back, again) + sent (feel) = to feel something back, repeatedly. Resentment isn't a flash of anger — it's the slow re-feeling of a wrong: you replay the slight and the bitterness deepens each time. The re- is exactly that looping quality, which is why resent always implies a lingering grudge.

Why It Means This

The force of resent lives in the prefix. Where anger flares and fades, resentment loops: re- (again) + sentīre (feel) means feeling the injury over and over until it festers. That is why you can resent a person for years — the word names a wound that keeps being re-felt rather than a single outburst.

Common Collocations

• 1.deeply resent深感愤恨
• 2.bitterly resent极为怨恨
• 3.resent being treated对所受待遇感到不满
• 4.resent the fact对…这一事实感到愤慨

Example Sentences

• 1.

  She deeply resented being passed over for the promotion.

• 2.

  Many workers resent having to clock in by the minute.

• 3.

  He still resents his brother for taking the credit.

Easily Confused

resent vs regret: resent points outward at someone/something unfair (you blame them); regret points inward at your own action (you wish you hadn't). You resent a colleague's rudeness; you regret losing your temper.