All 23 Uses of
resent
in
Gone with the Wind
- That was the first time the twins' interest had ever diverged, and Brent was resentful of his brother's attentions to a girl who seemed to him not at all remarkable.†
Chpt 1.1resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- "I wish to Heaven I was married," she said resentfully as she attacked the yams with loathing.†
Chpt 1.5resentfully = with a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- She wondered if India resented very much her taking Stuart away from her.†
Chpt 1.6resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- If she did resent it, she never gave any sign of it, treating Scarlett with the same slightly aloof, kindly courtesy she had always shown her.†
Chpt 1.6resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- As a result, Suellen's sullen resentment had passed beyond the point of ladylike concealment and she glowered at Scarlett.†
Chpt 1.6resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- She had not wanted him and she resented his coming and, now that he was here, it did not seem possible that he was hers, a part of her.†
Chpt 1.7resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- But they treated her deferentially, as if she were old and finished, and their constant chatter of dances and beaux made her both envious of their pleasures and resentful that her widowhood barred her from such activities.†
Chpt 2.8resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- And Scarlett was too happy to resent this, too glad to be jealous.†
Chpt 2.15resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- It seemed to Scarlett that he had been in that room for hours, and she resented bitterly each moment that he stayed, saying good-by to his wife, for the moments were slipping by so fast and his time was so short.†
Chpt 2.15resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- As Scarlett went obediently into the parlor, a silence fell on the porch, a silence that pulsed with resentment toward Rhett.†
Chpt 3.17resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- She could—and did—shout them down with bitter sarcasm but before Melanie's unselfishness she was helpless, helpless and resentful.†
Chpt 3.25resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- I resented their intrusion.†
Chpt 4.31resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- Especially did she resent this in view of the enormous increase in mulatto babies in Atlanta since the Yankee soldiers had settled in the town.†
Chpt 4.38resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- But Peter's words caused fierce resentment to burn in her breast, drove her to a defensive position, made her suddenly dislike her neighbors as much as she disliked the Yankees.†
Chpt 4.38resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- But, Ashley, whether they're right or not, we'll have to resent it, bein' the men of the family, and then there'll be trouble.†
Chpt 4.40resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- That fact was evident, in every line of him, in every bitter, self-condemnatory word, in his resentment at her bearing Frank's child.†
Chpt 4.41resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- And, because she made no parade of her virtues the young girls did not resent her.†
Chpt 4.41resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- It was that they bitterly resented owing the men's lives to such a man as Rhett and to such an embarrassing trick.†
Chpt 4.47 *resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- Why should you so resent hearing the truth, my pet?†
Chpt 5.48resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- They were good people and they needed only a short acquaintance with Carpetbaggers and Carpetbag rule to become as resentful of them as the native Georgians were.†
Chpt 5.49resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- But far and above their anger at the waste and mismanagement and graft was the resentment of the people at the bad light in which the governor represented them in the North.†
Chpt 5.52resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- But no matter which side the relatives took, they all were resentful that Scarlett should have been the cause of the family breach.†
Chpt 5.55resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Heretofore she had resented it but now, after the first shock at her own transparency, her heart rose with gladness and relief.†
Chpt 5.63resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
Definitions:
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(1)
(resent) to feel anger or unhappiness about something seen as unjust or something that creates jealousy
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, resent is another spelling for re-sent; i.e., sent again.