'Resent' definitions:

Definition of 'resent'

From: WordNet
verb
Feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers"
verb
Wish ill or allow unwillingly [syn: begrudge, resent] [ant: wish, wish well]

Definition of 'Resent'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] (b) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts. [1913 Webster]
  • The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what he might have resented safely. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savor in the soul of Saul. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Resent'

From: GCIDE
  • Resent \Re*sent"\, v. i.
  • 1. To feel resentment. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]