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[ gruhj-ing ] / ˈgrʌdʒ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR grudging ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedisplaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness: grudging acceptance of the victory of an opponent. Origin of grudging1375–1425; late Middle English. See grudge, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM grudginggrudg·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby grudginggrub screw, grubstake, grubstreet, grubworm, grudge, grudging, Grudziadz, grue, gruel, grueling, gruelling Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for grudgingHe even seemed on his way to prevailing as the uproar died down and outrage sputtered into grudging acceptance. Why the Ground Zero Mosque Is Worth Saving|Michael Daly|April 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The result was grudging bipartisan support from members of both parties. House Passes Omnibus Budget|Ben Jacobs|January 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Instead of great leaps forward, it tends to move haltingly in grudging increments. Find a China Reset Button|Orville Schell|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Thanks to the grudging support of voters like Rashed, Morsi won the presidency with 51.7 percent of the vote. Morsi Loses Support as Protests Rage in Cairo|Mike Giglio|December 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Coddington, the reluctant celebrity, shares the facts of her life in her memoir but she is grudging with emotional revelations. Vogue Creative Director Grace Coddington’s Memoir Offers Few Revelations|Robin Givhan|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST He was altogether a fierce, grudging, covetous little creature. Brownies and Bogles|Louise Imogen Guiney Yet Belgium gave them but a cold welcome and grudging hospitality. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.|Various They can see, without pain or grudging, an archbishop precede a duke. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke|Edmund Burke In spite of the grudging apology she appeared only half convinced. Marjorie Dean, College Senior|Pauline Lester Never in my life did I hear him say a grudging or depreciating word of any of those who have most succeeded where he has failed. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family|Elizabeth Rundle Charles
Words related to grudgingenvy, pinch, covet, mind, deny, resent, refuse, begrudge, stint, complain, hold back |