All 11 Uses
resent
in
The Crucible
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- ABIGAIL, with an edge of resentment: Why, I am sure it is, sir.†
p. 12.1resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- With ill-concealed resentment at him: Do you begrudge my bed, uncle?†
p. 12.6
- The incident is important only in that Burroughs succeeded in becoming minister where Bayley, Thomas Putnam's brother-in-law, had been rejected; the motif of resentment is clear here.†
p. 15.1
- He was the kind of man—powerful of body, even-tempered, and not easily led—who cannot refuse support to partisans without drawing their deepest resentment.†
p. 20.7 *
- However, Francis had originally rented the land, and one theory has it that, as he gradually paid for it and raised his social status, there were those who resented his rise.†
p. 26.1resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- In addition, certain families allied to the Nurses by blood or friendship, and whose farms were contiguous with the Nurse farm or close to it, combined to break away from the Salem town authority and set up Topsfield, a new and independent entity whose existence was resented by old Salemites.†
p. 26.6
- PARRIS, with trepidation—and resentment: I hope you do not mean we go to Satan here!†
p. 40.1resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- She goes out; they feel resentful of her note of moral superiority.†
p. 40.1resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- PROCTOR, coldly, resentful: Why, we—have no fear of questions, sir.†
p. 64.7
- PROCTOR, flushed with resentment but trying to smile: What's your suspicion, Mr. Hale?†
p. 66.1resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- DANFORTH—it is the reflection on himself he resents: I am sure of it, Marshal.†
p. 93.2resents = feels 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.