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
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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