begrudge
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of begrudge
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- To grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.
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verb
- To grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.
- To be reluctant.
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(usually)To give reluctantly.
“Okay, then, next time you go and leave me stay here. See if I begrudge you a little fun.”
““Trial’ll probably be Monday. You can keep him one night, can’t you? I don’t think anybody in Maycomb’ll begrudge me a client, with times this hard.””
“A defeat would have been harsh on the Gunners, especially after an improved rearguard action in the second half, but few could begrudge the German side a point from a match they dominated for long spells.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English bigrucchen (“to grumble at”), equivalent to be- (“at, about, over”) + grudge. Compare also English begrouch.
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