All 4 Uses of
resent
in
Lucky, by Sebold
- But I watched my sister develop from a child who thought the world would fall apart to a young adult who resented how the flaps made us different, exciting stares and comments in public.†
Chpt 3resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- I openly resented her then.†
Chpt 5
- Resented how attention always focused on the weakest one.†
Chpt 5
- The two of us didn't really know each other, had just shared Tess's class, and, until recently, I had harbored a bit of resentment toward the fact that she'd walked out on my workshop.†
Chpt 10 *resentment = 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.