verb
Meaning 1
To grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
begrudge
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /bɪˈɡɹʌd͡ʒ/
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CMU ARPABET: B IH0 G R AH1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To be reluctant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To give reluctantly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
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verb
Meaning 4
wish ill or allow unwillingly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: resent
Antonyms: wish
verb
Meaning 5
be envious of; set one's heart on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: envy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: desire, want
Narrower terms: covet
History
Etymology
From Middle English bigrucchen (“to grumble at”), equivalent to be- (“at, about, over”) + grudge. Compare also English begrouch.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Māori: takarita — to grudge over
- Ukrainian: бурчати (burčaty) — to grudge over
- Bulgarian: давам неохотно (davam neohotno) — give reluctantly
- Chinese Mandarin: 勉強 — give reluctantly
- Chinese Mandarin: 勉强 — give reluctantly
- Chinese Mandarin: 不愿 — give reluctantly
- Chinese Mandarin: 不愿 — give reluctantly
- Chinese Mandarin: 吝惜 (lìnxī) — give reluctantly
- Finnish: hangoitella — give reluctantly
- Ancient Greek: μεγαίρω (megaírō) — give reluctantly
- Ukrainian: шкодувати (škoduvaty) — give reluctantly
- Ukrainian: жаліти (žality) — give reluctantly
- Ukrainian: скупитися (skupytysja) — give reluctantly
- Bulgarian: завиждам (zaviždam) — be envious or covetous
- Chinese Mandarin: 妒忌 (dùjì) — be envious or covetous
- Dutch: benijden — be envious or covetous
- Finnish: kadehtia — be envious or covetous
- Ukrainian: заздрити (zazdryty) — be envious or covetous