vi to feel resentment.
2. resent ·vt to be sensible of; to feel.
3. resent ·vt in a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
4. resent ·vt to express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.
5. resent ·vt in a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
6. resent ·vi to give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
7. resent ·vt to recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling;
associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. ·see resent, ·vi.