All 3 Uses
resent
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- He'd been assigned to submarines after his first tour on destroyers had been cut short by chronic seasickness—and perhaps because he did not resent the close confinement aboard submarines, something that many men cannot tolerate.†
Chpt 1.resent = feel angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- It was a Saturday, and he resented being at work.†
Chpt 2.resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- He resented the taunts of his boyhood peers, but he never once complained to his father, knowing that this would be an evil thing to do.†
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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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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, resent is another spelling for re-sent; i.e., sent again.