All 12 Uses of
resent
in
A Passage to India
- Fielding resented it too, but did not say so to the girl, for he found something theoretical in her outburst.†
Chpt 5 *resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- He wanted her advice and support—while resenting interference.†
Chpt 5resenting = feeling angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- Ever since Professor Godbole had sung his queer little song, they had lived more or less inside cocoons, and the difference between them was that the elder lady accepted her own apathy, while the younger resented hers.†
Chpt 14resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- He was at the summit of his powers, vigorous and humble, too sure of himself to resent criticism, and he was sincerely pleased when he heard they were altering his plans.†
Chpt 14resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- "She is my own darling girl," were the words she spoke, and then, remembering that she had called her "not pukka" and resented her engagement to young Heaslop, she began to cry.†
Chpt 20resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- He appeared to resent his patient's recovery, and no one who knew the old Major and his ways was surprised at this.†
Chpt 20resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- A sort of resentment emanated from her.†
Chpt 22resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- After all, it's our women who make everything more difficult out here," was his inmost thought, as he caught sight of some obscenities upon a long blank wall, and beneath his chivalry to Miss Quested resentment lurked, waiting its day—perhaps there is a grain of resentment in all chivalry.†
Chpt 24
- After all, it's our women who make everything more difficult out here," was his inmost thought, as he caught sight of some obscenities upon a long blank wall, and beneath his chivalry to Miss Quested resentment lurked, waiting its day—perhaps there is a grain of resentment in all chivalry.†
Chpt 24
- Her body resented being called ugly, and trembled.†
Chpt 24resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- But he resented him making up to this particular woman, whom he still regarded as his enemy also, why had he not been told?†
Chpt 31
- There is always trouble when two people do not think of sex at the same moment, always mutual resentment and surprise, even when the two people are of the same race.†
Chpt 31resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at 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.