Synonyms for begrudging

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bih-gruhj

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgrʌdʒ

Définition 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

Antonyms for begrudging

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