Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective being given reluctantly or with displeasure.
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- verb Present participle of
begrudge . - adjective
envious - adjective
reluctant
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Examples
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While James has absolutely benefited from his marriage to Bullock, garnering a kind of begrudging, weird and unnatural air of respectability, Bullock has so far managed to remain above Jesse's reputation and keep her own fun and sexy image.
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While James has absolutely benefited from his marriage to Bullock, garnering a kind of begrudging, weird and unnatural air of respectability, Bullock has so far managed to remain above Jesse's reputation and keep her own fun and sexy image.
Steve Parker: It's Official: Poseur Jesse James Is a Big Dumb Idiot 2010
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She at first "was kind of begrudging that Michael Goldenberg [scriptwriter for OotP, her first film] wasn't going to stay on, you know?,
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The statement about not begrudging people who are rich is abstract and made before Obama addressed the specific issue of the two bankers.
Matthew Yglesias » What Is The Problem That Obama’s Bad Advisors Are Responsible For? 2010
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The latter received a begrudging acknowledgement – along with Monbiot and Pearce still calling for his head.
Shock horror: Naked denialist narrative runs rampant | Serendipity 2010
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The rest came to me in a begrudging line, each of them taking her paper and tucking it safely away.
Ominous Kate Brian 2011
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Real or not, the James Bong Gang has achieved nearly mythical status from begrudging law-enforcement officials.
A New 'James Bond Gang' Lives On Sean Gardiner 2011
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Do not mistake begrudging acceptance for liberation.
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One, I'm poor, making the buying of clothes more of a begrudging task than anything else.
Blink blink blink pabba 2010
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Then who is it using the name "Bill McDonald," admittedly a common one, who does spend a lot of space 'begrudging the suits' just about everything?
Professor Florida's kids get *really* creative (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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