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grudging en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/ (UK)
  • /ˈɡɹʌ.d͡ʒiŋ/ (US)

Meanings

  1. Unwilling or with reluctance.
    • A terse account, with no further explanation or detail, an indication perhaps of a grudging heart behind the offering. 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 25:
    • her grudging acceptance that her rival deserved the award

Forms

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more grudging Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most grudging Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

grudgingly · grudgingness · ungrudging

Relateds

grudgy · grudge · grudger

Translations (12)

pl niechętny (unwilling or with reluctance) · cmn 勉強的 /勉强的 (unwilling or with reluctance) · fi vastahakoinen (unwilling or with reluctance) · de widerwillig (unwilling or with reluctance) · ga doicheallach (unwilling or with reluctance) · pl wstrzemięźliwy (unwilling or with reluctance) · sv missunnsam (unwilling or with reluctance) · da modstræbende (unwilling or with reluctance) · nb motvillig (unwilling or with reluctance) · ru неохотный (unwilling or with reluctance) · da modvillig (unwilling or with reluctance) · cmn 不情願的 /不情愿的 (unwilling or with reluctance)

grudging en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/ (UK)
  • /ˈɡɹʌ.d͡ʒiŋ/ (US)

Meanings

  1. The state of bearing a grudge.
    • Fretfulness and discontent expose us to the just judgment of God; and we bring more calamities upon ourselves, by our murmuring, distrustful, envious groans and grudgings against one another, than we are aware of […] 1806, Matthew Henry, An Exposition of All the Books of the Old and New Testaments:

Forms

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grudgings Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (4)

cmn 記仇 /记仇 (state of bearing a grudge) · fi kaunan kantaminen (state of bearing a grudge) · cmn 懷恨在心 /怀恨在心 (state of bearing a grudge) · cmn 心懷怨恨 /心怀怨恨 (state of bearing a grudge)

grudging en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/ (UK)
  • /ˈɡɹʌ.d͡ʒiŋ/ (US)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of grudge
    form of grudge