Lexic.us

Definition of Grudging

1. Adjective. Of especially an attitude. "Grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory"

2. Adjective. Petty or reluctant in giving or spending. "A niggardly tip"

Definition of Grudging

1. Adjective. Unwilling or with reluctance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grudging

1. grudge [v] - See also: grudge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grudging

grubworms grucche grucched grucches grucching grudge grudge match grudge matches grudged grudgeful

grudger grudgeries grudgers grudgery grudges grudging (current term) grudgingly grudgingness grudgings gruds

grue grued grueing gruel grueled grueler gruelers grueling gruelingly gruelings

Literary usage of Grudging

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

1. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"hausted exchequer,—vows of strictest economy—reluctant demands for money—and scanty remittances made cheerfully and without grudging. MR. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... though he does allow a grudging value to it, proposed to inaugurate a certain process by which inductions might be readily produced from facts by an ..."

3. Library Notes by Addison Peale Russell (1875)
"He was at the time walking in his sitting-room at Rydal, with his hands behind him, and was heard to mutter to himself, " I am not in the habit of grudging ..."

4. The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations, and by Charles Ames Washburn (1871)
"His grudging Civility towards the Commissioner. — Physical Aspects of Paraguay. — The Parana and Paraguay Rivers. — Early Settlements. ..."

5. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"hausted exchequer,—vows of strictest economy—reluctant demands for money—and scanty remittances made cheerfully and without grudging. MR. ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... though he does allow a grudging value to it, proposed to inaugurate a certain process by which inductions might be readily produced from facts by an ..."

7. Library Notes by Addison Peale Russell (1875)
"He was at the time walking in his sitting-room at Rydal, with his hands behind him, and was heard to mutter to himself, " I am not in the habit of grudging ..."

8. The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations, and by Charles Ames Washburn (1871)
"His grudging Civility towards the Commissioner. — Physical Aspects of Paraguay. — The Parana and Paraguay Rivers. — Early Settlements. ..."

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