All 11 Uses
resent
in
The Lightning Thief
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- Maybe it was stupid, but I resented him for going on that ocean voyage, for not having the guts to marry my mom.†
Chpt 3 *resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- I tried not to think too much about my mom, but I kept wondering: if gods and monsters were real, if all this magical stuff was possible, surely there was some way to save her, to bring her back.... I started to understand Luke's bitterness and how he seemed to resent his father, Hermes.†
Chpt 8resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- I knew somebody at camp resented me, because one night I came into my cabin and found a mortal newspaper dropped inside the doorway, a copy of the New York Daily News, opened to the Metro page.†
Chpt 9resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- I didn't know whether to feel resentful or grateful or happy or angry.†
Chpt 9resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- I'd been afraid he might resent me for getting so much attention the last few days.†
Chpt 10resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- The more I thought about it, I resented Poseidon for never visiting me, never helping my mom, never even sending a lousy child-support check.†
Chpt 10resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- My dad's resented me since the day I was born, Percy," she said.†
Chpt 13
- Whenever something dangerous happened-you know, something with monsters-they would both look at me resentfully, like, 'How dare you put our family at risk.'†
Chpt 13resentfully = with a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Anger, resentment, bitterness.†
Chpt 15resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Gabe looked at him resentfully and mimicked in a falsetto voice: "Just a kid."†
Chpt 21resentfully = with a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- I was afraid he might resent me for all the attention I'd gotten.†
Chpt 22resent = feel 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) Less commonly, resent is another spelling for re-sent; i.e., sent again.