Resent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
resent
    v 1: feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid
         less than her co-workers"
    2: wish ill or allow unwillingly [syn: {begrudge}, {resent}]
       [ant: {wish}, {wish well}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Resent \Re*sent"\, v. i.
   1. To feel resentment. --Swift.
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   2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.]
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            The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the
            sincere milk of the word before vessels full of
            traditionary pottage resenting of the wild gourd of
            human invention.                      --Fuller.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Resent \Re*sent"\ (r?-z?nt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resented}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Resenting}.] [F. ressentir; L. pref. re- re- +
   sentire to feel. See {Sense}.]
   1. To be sensible of; to feel; as:
      (a) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with
          satisfaction. [Obs.]
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                Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons
                more favorably resented by compassionate
                readers.                          --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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      (b) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury
          or affront; to be indignant at.
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   2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by
      words or acts.
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            The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably
            what he might have resented safely.   --Bolingbroke.
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   3. To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling;
      -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of
      scent to smell. See {Resent}, v. i. [Obs.]
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            This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly
            savor in the soul of Saul.            --Fuller.
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            Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his
            drift.                                --Fuller.
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