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to feel anger or unhappiness at having to accept something — often something seen as unjust or something that creates jealousy
- Mayella jerked her head resentfully at the bench.p. 243.1
- I returned to school and hated Calpurnia steadily until a sudden shriek shattered my resentments.p. 33.9
- I wasn't sure what Jem resented most, but I took umbrage at Mrs. Dubose's assessment of the family's mental hygiene.p. 136.2
- Jem's chin would come up, and he would gaze at Mrs. Dubose with a face devoid of resentment.p. 146.7
- Normally, they were the court's only spectators, and today they seemed resentful of the interruption of their comfortable routine.p. 218.0
- The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.p. 295.8
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