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Resents making haste (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hates

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'resents' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with human feelings as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'making haste' is the wordplay.
'making' indicates anagramming the letters.
'haste' is an anagram of 'HATES'.

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(Other definitions for hates that I've seen before include "Loathes" , "Detests" , "Abhors" , "passionate feelings" , "Dislikes intensely" .)

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