grudging

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English

WOTD – 14 September 2009

Pronunciation

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Adjective

grudging (comparative more grudging, superlative most grudging)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

grudging

  1. present participle of grudge

Noun

grudging (plural grudgings)

  1. The state of bearing a grudge.
    • 1806, Matthew Henry, An Exposition of All the Books of the Old and New Testaments:
      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 […]

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