resent
/ɹiˈzɛnt/verb
resent is spelled R-E-S-E-N-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, resent means “To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in resent?
| Letters | 6: R-E-S-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is resent?
Resent appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce resent?
- /ɹiˈzɛnt/
- /ɹɪˈzɛnt/
As a verb: /ˌɹiːˈsɛnt/.
Resent has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-resent.ogg, En-us-resent_sent_again.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with resent?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as resent.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nester.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of resent
- resents present, singular, he/she/it
- resenting participle, present
- resented participle, past
- re-sent
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
The bride greatly resented being left at the church.
- 2
To express displeasure or indignation at.
Do you resent us for offering you that choice?
- 3
obsoleteTo be sensible of; to feel.
- 4
obsoleteIn a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
- 5
obsoleteTo recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent, to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
- 6
obsoleteTo give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
- 7
simple past and past participle of resend
The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Resent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | avoir de l'amertume , exprimer son mécontentement, s'indigner |
| German | grollen, böse sein, hassen , sich ärgern, empört sein, sich empören |
| Spanish | resentir, resentirse, indignarse |
| Portuguese | ressentir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does resent come from?
From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).