as in to envy
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 resent
So while other Florida voters are entitled to resent Trump’s meddling, DeSantis doesn’t have a leg to stand on in complaining about it.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
If a colored man resented the imposition of a white man and the two came to blows, the colored man had to die, either at the hands of the white man then and there or later at the hands of a mob that speedily gathered.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Other countries might resent the United States, but many of them fear China and Russia in ways that could work to Washington’s advantage.
—Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2025
That’s the power Kyle has, and that is what all of the other women really resent.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
If a colored man resented the imposition of a white man and the two came to blows, the colored man had to die, either at the hands of the white man then and there or later at the hands of a mob that speedily gathered.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Other countries might resent the United States, but many of them fear China and Russia in ways that could work to Washington’s advantage.
—Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2025
That’s the power Kyle has, and that is what all of the other women really resent.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
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Carmignano, which received DOC status in 1994, is composed of Sangiovese 75%, Cabernet Sauvignon 15%, Canaiolo 5%, Cabernet Franc 5%, giving it a complexity far more expensive Tuscan wines would envy.—
John Mariani,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Helly, the most instinctively skeptical and rebellious of the MDR department, is antagonistic toward her outie; her colleague Dylan (Zach Cherry), who now knows his outie is married with children, feels something closer to envy.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2025
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Don’t begrudge others their micro-moments of glory.—
John Bowe, Contributor,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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At the same time, if Manning one day does don a gold jacket, no one will begrudge him — because his career will have earned him the votes to make it so.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Now, an expert in military manpower at RAND wants to see the services shift their focus from quantity to quality.—
Cory Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
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Jukebox Broadway musicals need conflict and the evil suits at Capitol Records are a perennial villain for artists who just want to be themselves.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Resent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resent. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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