All 4 Uses of
resent
in
The Shining
- "I remember it," he muttered, but the coals of resentment had begun to glow around his heart.†
Chpt 3resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Fuck it, he thought resentfully, and dropped the plug back into the box.†
Chpt 4resentfully = with a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Resentment, a gray, sullen wave of it, pushed up his throat.†
Chpt 4resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Yeah, Hallorann thought, she'd been a goof-off and a sloven and the other girls had resented her, but Delores had had that little twinkle.†
Chpt 5 *resented = 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.