All 9 Uses of
resent
in
The God of Small Things
- It wasn't clear where he'd got this information from, or how he knew these things, but for years the twins harbored a faint resentment against their parents for having diddled them out of a lifetime of free bus rides.†
Chpt 1resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Past the resentful older houses tinged green with envy, cowering in their private driveways among their private rubber trees.†
Chpt 1resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Baby Kochamma resented Ammu, because she saw her quarreling with a fate that she, Baby Kochamma herself, felt she had graciously accepted.†
Chpt 2resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- He had always been a jealous man, so he greatly resented the attention his wife was suddenly getting.†
Chpt 2 *
- It caused a great deal of resentment among the other Touchable factory workers because, according to them, Paravans were not meant to be carpenters.†
Chpt 2resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- He knew that all the other Touchable workers in the factory resented Velutha for ancient reasons of their own.†
Chpt 4resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- When Sophie Mol walked into the Arrivals Lounge, Rahel, overcome by excitement and resentment, pinched Estha hard.†
Chpt 6resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- It wasn't just her working-class background Mammachi resented.†
Chpt 8resented = felt angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- But see, comrade, any benefits that you give him, naturally others are resenting it.†
Chpt 14resenting = feeling 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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, resent is another spelling for re-sent; i.e., sent again.