Definition of Begrudging

1. Verb. (present participle of begrudge) ¹

2. Adjective. envious ¹

3. Adjective. reluctant ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Begrudging

1. begrudge [v] - See also: begrudge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Begrudging

begrimes
begriming
begrimmed
begrimming
begrims
begroan
begroaned
begroaning
begroans
begrudge
begrudged
begrudger
begrudgers
begrudgery
begrudges
begrudging (current term)
begrudgingly
begrudgingness
begry
begs
begs off
beguile
beguiled
beguilement
beguilements
beguiler
beguilers
beguiles
beguilest
beguileth

Literary usage of Begrudging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Plain Facts as to the Trusts and the Tariff: With Chapters on the by George Lewis Bolen (1902)
"l 1 begrudging the Favor of Patronizing Others.—As it is a self-injuring policy for a nation or a community, as for a person or a family, to try to make ..."

2. The North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition, Or, My Last Cruise by Alexander Wylly Habersham (1858)
"... I was taken with a fit of begrudging disgust—if I may he allowed the expression—that rendered a further stay rather unpleasant than otherwise. ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Envy; begrudging.— 4f. An access or paroxysm of a disease, as the chill before a fever. ... The state or quality of grudging; begrudging disposition. ..."

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