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as in resenting
to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages
I don't begrudge you your success—you earned it
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Recent Examples of begrudging
Dan Snierson, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2020
Philadelphia needs its rookie quarterback, Carson Wentz, to post 300 passing yards for a third consecutive week, because there is no running the ball against the Ravens, who have the most begrudging ground defense in the league.
—David White, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2016
Adjective
And Villanelle has very begrudging respect for this woman.
—Dan Snierson, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2020
Philadelphia needs its rookie quarterback, Carson Wentz, to post 300 passing yards for a third consecutive week, because there is no running the ball against the Ravens, who have the most begrudging ground defense in the league.
—David White, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for begrudging
Adjective
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Federal officials have sometimes responded to adverse decisions with dawdling or grudging compliance.—
Hurubie Meko,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2025
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Their odd-couple pairing became a magnificent slow burn of hatred into grudging respect into genuine affection, making for a tantalizing will-they-won't-they.—
Tyler Aquilina,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The two strike up a bromance that then keels over to one side because Craig is socially inept and, in the end, envious, qualities that fuel inappropriate interactions that get ever more cringey after a disastrous bro-out session with Austin’s friends.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025
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Which is to say, Gunn is in the envious position of having plenty of different approaches to look at and figure out what worked, what didn’t work, and how to cherrypick the best perspectives and approaches and influences to create something new and yet honoring the legacy of what came before.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Begrudging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begrudging. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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