adj
Meaning 1
Unwilling or with reluctance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- her grudging acceptance that her rival deserved the award
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
grudging
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: /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/
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US: /ˈɡɹʌ.d͡ʒiŋ/
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rhymes with -ʌdʒɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: G R AH1 JH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The state of bearing a grudge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of grudge
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
petty or reluctant in giving or spending
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a niggardly tip
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: niggardly, scrimy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
of especially an attitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- gave grudging consent
- grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 不情願的 /不情愿的 (bù qíngyuàn de) — unwilling or with reluctance
- Chinese Mandarin: 勉強的 /勉强的 (miǎnqiǎng de) — unwilling or with reluctance
- Danish: modstræbende — unwilling or with reluctance
- Danish: modvillig — unwilling or with reluctance
- Finnish: vastahakoinen — unwilling or with reluctance
- German: widerwillig — unwilling or with reluctance
- Irish: doicheallach — unwilling or with reluctance
- Norwegian Bokmål: motvillig — unwilling or with reluctance
- Polish: niechętny — unwilling or with reluctance
- Polish: wstrzemięźliwy — unwilling or with reluctance
- Russian: неохотный (neoxotnyj) — unwilling or with reluctance
- Swedish: missunnsam — unwilling or with reluctance
- Chinese Mandarin: 心懷怨恨 /心怀怨恨 (xīnhuái yuànhèn) — state of bearing a grudge
- Chinese Mandarin: 記仇 /记仇 (jìchóu) — state of bearing a grudge
- Chinese Mandarin: 懷恨在心 /怀恨在心 (huáihènzàixīn) — state of bearing a grudge
- Finnish: kaunan kantaminen — state of bearing a grudge