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begrudge
[ bih-gruhj ]
verb (used with object)
- to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone):
She begrudged her friend the award.
- to be reluctant to give, grant, or allow:
She did not begrudge the money spent on her children's education.
begrudge
/ bɪˈɡrʌdʒ /
verb
- to give, admit, or allow unwillingly or with a bad grace
- to envy (someone) the possession of (something)
Derived Forms
- beˈgrudgingly, adverb
Other Words From
- be·grudg·ing·ly adverb
- un·be·grudged adjective
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Abortion-rights advocates by no means seek to detract from LGBT movement or begrudge it victories.
I don't begrudge it for a second: just take good care of it, won't you?
Does Mamet really begrudge a president or ex-president Secret Service protection?
In ordinary times, nobody would begrudge the use of fuel and mobile-generating capacity for the marathon.
I do not begrudge the journalist for pursuing the unvarnished truth, irrespective of political consequences.
Days had gone by and we lacked the energy to begrudge their inconsequential passing, but now a time of reckoning had come.
Ah, why begrudge the marquis his meed of admiration, if he likes it?
I shall think of him; but not in a way that you would begrudge me.
She did not begrudge them in the least, thinking that they were all due to Mr Whittlestaff.
Mr Whittlestaff, it does not signify a straw what I begrudge you.
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