All 6 Uses of
resent
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- 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
- Mayella jerked her head resentfully at the bench.†
p. 243..1 *
- 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
Definition:
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(resent) to feel anger or unhappiness about something seen as unjust or something that creates jealousy