Synonyms for begrudge

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bih-gruhj

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgrʌdʒ

Définition of begrudge

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 :

We must not envy him on account of them, nor begrudge them to him, nor wish that we had them in his stead.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

And yet you begrudge him the little that would start him in life.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Let sisters not begrudge the time and care bestowed on a brother.
Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage

Ah, why begrudge the marquis his meed of admiration, if he likes it?
Extract from : « The Rose of Old St. Louis » by Mary Dillon

"Surely he cannot begrudge us the income," she had once said to her eldest daughter.
Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope

And, had you been the sufferer, would you begrudge others a bit of joy?
Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry

The people she met outside seemed to begrudge her her very existence.
Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

I begrudge him, just a little, or just a good deal; but I will tell you a secret.
Extract from : « The Smart Set » by Clyde Fitch

He will be duke, but that is no great piece of luck, and we will not begrudge it to him.
Extract from : « Complete Short Works » by Georg Ebers

She did not begrudge them in the least, thinking that they were all due to Mr Whittlestaff.
Extract from : « An Old Man's Love » by Anthony Trollope

Antonyms for begrudge

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