Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Grudging.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of grudge; envious.
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- adjective Full of
grudge ;envious .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In often inscrutable lyrics, delivered in a uniquely belligerent Mancunian voice ranging from a screech to a slur, everyone eventually gets it in the neck: pop bands on the make, Northern dog breeders, the relatively defenceless likes of Shakin 'Stevens - even, somewhat ironically, those who are "grudgeful".
FallNews - they grease the roads! *truckers' pin-up edition* 1999
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By a journalist with a grudgeful track record. deeteer
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No accusation of being grudgeful or envious should ever trump our demand for respect.
Jamaican Gareth Henry seeks refugee status in Canada gay person of color 2008
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As a race, we are too jealous and grudgeful of each other's success and prosperity.
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Yon Neil has a queer eye when he regards you; maybe, if I was once out of the gate there might be knives again; these red-shanks are unco grudgeful.
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Yon Neil has a queer eye when he regards you; maybe, if I was once out of the gate there might be knives again; these red-shanks are unco grudgeful.
Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Neil has a queer eye when he regards you; maybe, if I was once out of the gate there might be knives again; these red-shanks are unco grudgeful.
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Meaning now to express for my lady to write down, exactly what I felt then and there, I felt this: “You two brave fellows that I had been so grudgeful of, I know that if you were dying you would put it off to get up and do your best, and then you would be so modest that in lying down again to die, you would hardly say,
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Meaning now to express for my lady to write down, exactly what I felt then and there, I felt this: “You two brave fellows that I had been so grudgeful of, I know that if you were dying you would put it off to get up and do your best, and then you would be so modest that in lying down again to die, you would hardly say,
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So it’;s like the had two prizes. it’s hard to feel grudgeful when the baby is that cute. grumble grumble – awwwwwww!
The Winner of the “Why I Deserve an ‘Android’s Dream’ ARC” Contest « Whatever 2006
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