0 present participle of resent
1 to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like:
I resent paying extra for my drink just because it's in a posey bottle!
We resent these insinuations that we are not capable of leading the company forward.
I resent it that my job is starting to encroach on my family life.
He resents the way his ideas have been hijacked by others in the department.
This group may be reluctant to accept formal help, resenting the intrusion and wishing to care for their own spouse.
They reported it as the reality of their working lives, rather than resenting it.
Still, he also had personal motives for resenting the new tax.