All 3 Uses of
conflict
in
The Hunger Games
- Maybe if I had thanked him at some point, I'd be feeling less conflicted now.
p. 32.7conflicted = with opposing feelings
- This is what I tell myself to explain the conflicting emotions that arise when I think of Peeta.
p. 157.6 *conflicting = opposing (struggling against each other)
- Conflicting emotions cross Thresh's face.
p. 288.4
Definition:
a struggle or disagreement
in various senses, including:
- a serious disagreement -- as in "political conflict"
- the tension from two opposing ideas or feelings -- as in "I'm conflicted about where I should go to college."
- a violent fight or war -- as in "the Israeli-Palestinian conflict"
- an idiom that refers to tension between responsibilities to different entities -- "conflict of interest"