begrudged
past simple and past participle ofbegrudge
begrudge
verb[T]
uk/bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/us/bɪˈɡrʌdʒ/tofeelunhappybecause someone has something that youthinkthey do notdeserve:
[+ two objects]I don't begrudge him hisfreedom.
tofeelunhappyaboutspendingmoneyon something orspendingtimedoing something:
They begrudged everydaythey had tostaywiththeirfather.
[+ -ing verb]She begrudgedpayingso much for anicecreamcone.
Unwilling and reluctant
- arsed
- baulk
- be blowed if...idiom
- be in no mood forsomething/to dosomethingidiom
- begrudge
- compassion fatigue
- deign
- disinclination
- disinclined
- disobliging
- fag
- indisposed
- indisposition
- not have the heart todo somethingidiom
- not have the stomach forsomethingidiom
- ratheryouthanmeidiom
- reluctance
- reluctant
- willy-nilly
- wouldn't
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Mean with money
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
Examplesofbegrudged
begrudged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
A little money spent judiciously on educating those children should not bebegrudged.
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At any rate, those costs would not bebegrudgedby the animal lover.
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Grabbing abegrudgedcompromise here; clutching an opt-out clause there.
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The sum that was made available was only £5,000, but it was not to bebegrudged.
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I am sure that this heavy and increasing charge will not bebegrudged.
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Parliament left the reporting of its proceedings as late as 1878 because itbegrudgedthe expenditure.
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The original partners have never for a momentbegrudgedhim these disproportionate profits because they recognise that his small contribution saved them at a time of great need.
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Though hebegrudgedthe practice of law, he had friends and relatives in the legal profession, whom he aided infrequently when his assistance was requested.
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