All 5 Uses of
resent
in
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- Half-dressed and short of breath, they lay side by side resentful of one another and the skylight above them.†
Part 1 *resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Into the empty space of not knowing about Halle—a space sometimes colored with righteous resentment at what could have been his cowardice, or stupidity or bad luck—that empty place of no definite news was filled now with a brand-new sorrow and who could tell how many more on the way.†
Part 1resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Where she was once indolent, resentful of every task, now she is spry, executing, even extending the assignments Sethe leaves for them.†
Part 1resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- No. He resented the children she had, that's what.†
Part 1resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- Child plus Beloved whom she thought of as her own, and that is what he resented.†
Part 1
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.