Antonyms for begrudging


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-gruhj
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgrʌdʒ


Definition of begrudging

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from be- + Middle English grucchen "to murmur" (see grudge). Related: Begrudged; begrudging; begrudgingly.
  • verb wish that someone did not have
Example sentences :
  • But now her words—flurried, breathless, begrudging as always—stirred him.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • But surely that isn't a reason for begrudging it a word of praise?
  • Extract from : « My Friend Prospero » by Henry Harland
  • So Sam Bobbins has got his fortune and nobody's begrudging it to him.
  • Extract from : « Green Valley » by Katharine Reynolds
  • He went slowly back to the restaurant, begrudging Bobby to the luckier caretaker.
  • Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson
  • How heartless, begrudging her poor dead mother the poor comfort of a Christian burial, because she wanted the money for herself!
  • Extract from : « The Long Chance » by Peter B. Kyne
  • He banked away from them, flying as judiciously as possible, begrudging each foot dropped.
  • Extract from : « Frigid Fracas » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • This comes of your begrudging me my Snack of the Spoil, Sir.
  • Extract from : « A Will and No Will or A Bone for the Lawyers. (1746) The New Play Criticiz'd, or the Plague of Envy (1747) » by Charles Macklin
  • His whole attitude was one of hurry; he rested in haste, as if begrudging the moments which were lost from travel.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • Russ continued to crouch over the dial, begrudging every backward flicker of the needle.
  • Extract from : « Empire » by Clifford Donald Simak
  • And how many others, prouder and more pressing yet, begrudging their judges and headsmen their death, perish by their own hand!
  • Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France

Synonyms for begrudging

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