All 8 Uses
resent
in
Never Let Me Go
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- If you're one of them, I can understand how you might get resentful—about my bedsit, my car, above all, the way I get to pick and choose who I look after.†
p. 4.1resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- That was how the resentment started.†
p. 20.3resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- At first these responses caused disappointment; maybe people were resentful, even, like he'd let them down.†
p. 21.5 *resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- But she didn't, and what I remember now is that I went down the staircase burning with shame and resentment.†
p. 92.3resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- At the same time, though, I remember feeling—even though they were the ones doing the talking, and Tommy and I were silent—a sort of resentment towards them on Ruth's behalf.†
p. 165.2
- It was more that I sensed for the first time that day something close to resentment on his part at having to come away with me, and once we were up in his room, the atmosphere between us wasn't so great.†
p. 277.7
- That comparison, as I say, tugged something inside me, and so maybe, once we were up in his room, it was as much me feeling resentful as the other way round.†
p. 278.1resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- I'd feel a similar little prickle of resentment each time he told me I didn't understand something or other because I wasn't get a donor.†
p. 278.1resentment = 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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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, resent is another spelling for re-sent; i.e., sent again.