Resent and Wish

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Resent verb - Wish ill or allow unwillingly.

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Wish is an antonym for resent.

Wish verb - Feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of.

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Resent is an antonym for wish.

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

life	resent life	wish life
people	resent people	wish people
role	resent role	wish role
time	resent time	wish time
Other words: fact, way, mother, ring, anyone, humans.

Tommy gets his wish in his cousin Michael, who is the company accountant for all the legal doings, and kept scrupulously clean of the illegal side, which he begins to resent.

Source: Series / Peaky Blinders
Rose spends days by David's bedside until he awakens David realizes that he can't wish for his mother to come back or resent innocent Georgie for coming along during a bad time.

Source: Literature / The Book of Lost Things

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