# resent

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹiˈzɛnt/ · frequency rank #17,701

## Definitions
1. To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
2. To express displeasure or indignation at.
3. To be sensible of; to feel.
4. In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
5. To 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. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

## Etymology
From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”).

## Easily confused with
- **rest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-rest)
- **risen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-risen)
- **reset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-reset)
- **resin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-resin)
- **rosen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-rosen)
- **result** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-result)
- **resort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-resort)
- **resist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-resist)
- **revert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-revert)
- **rodent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-rodent)
- **respect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-respect)
- **resident** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resent-vs-resident)
- **rent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-resent)
- **recent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recent-vs-resent)
- **repeat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repeat-vs-resent)
- **reject** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reject-vs-resent)
- **regent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regent-vs-resent)
- **repent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repent-vs-resent)
- **resell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/resell-vs-resent)
- **reheat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reheat-vs-resent)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ersent`, `reesnt`, `resennt`, `resentt`, `resetn`, `resnet`, `ressent`, `rresent`, `rseent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/resent