resent
verb [T] /rɪˈzent/Definition
C2 to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like: She bitterly resented her father's new wife. [+ -ing verb] He resents having to explain his work to other people.Becoming angry and expressing anger resentment /-mənt/ noun [C or U] C2 He feels/harbours (a) deep resentment against/towards his parents for his miserable childhood.Anger and displeasure
(Definition of resent verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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