Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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resent

/ɹiˈzɛnt/ verb

Forms resents resenting resented re-sent

  1. verb (transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront. “The bride greatly resented being left at the church.”
  2. verb (transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at. “Do you resent us for offering you that choice?”
  3. verb (transitive, obsolete) To be sensible of; to feel.
  4. verb (transitive, obsolete) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
  5. verb (obsolete) 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. verb (obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.

Synonyms

begrudge

Etymology

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

See resend.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To be sensible of; to feel; as: (a) In a good sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
  2. verb To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.
  3. verb To feel resentment. Swift.
  4. verb To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.]

Etymology [F. ressentir; L. pref. re- re- + sentire to feel. See Sense.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “resent”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details