Grudging
['grʌdʒɪŋ] or ['ɡrʌdʒɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) petty or reluctant in giving or spending; 'a niggardly tip' .
(adj.) of especially an attitude; 'gave grudging consent'; 'grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory' .
Inputed by Errol--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grudge
Checker: Rupert
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Envy.[2]. Reluctance, unwillingness, disinclination.
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Examples
- And Gudrun could see he was making some slow confidence to Ursula, unwilling, a slow, grudging, scanty self-revelation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yes, I can work as hard as he can, and with as little grudging. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The women made way for them, but barely sufficient, as if grudging to yield ground. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- How I was, in a grudging way I have no words for, envious of her grief. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I'd given one man and thought it too much, while he gave four without grudging them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He would have noted an abundant cultivation, and have soared too high to discover that this cultivation was the grudging work of slaves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You are envious, Biddy, and grudging. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Children were less eagerly sought by the inhabitants of the food-grudging steppes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I don't mind acknowledging to you that I've got rather a grudging disposition, and want to keep off all intruders. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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