All 7 Uses of
resent
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- He held his hammer suspended in the air, about to drive a set nail, and he looked over the truck side at Tom, looked resentful at being interrupted.†
Chpt 8 *resentful = full of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- And the mouths panting, the eyes sullen, disliking sun and wind and earth, resenting food and weariness, hating time that rarely makes them beautiful and always makes them old.†
Chpt 15resenting = feeling angry or unhappy about having to accept something not liked
- The girl's eyes blazed with resentment, but she was silent.†
Chpt 20resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Rose of Sharon kept her eyes resentfully on the potatoes.†
Chpt 20resentfully = with a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- Ma threw back her head and laughed, while Ruthie and Winfield regarded her resentfully.†
Chpt 22
- Her eyes were blazing with resentment.†
Chpt 26resentment = a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
- The girl said resentfully, "How'm I gonna have a nice baby with stuff like this?"†
Chpt 26resentfully = with a feeling of anger or unhappiness at having to accept something not liked
Definition:
to feel anger or unhappiness about something seen as unjust or something that creates jealousy