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Definition of Grudging

Grudging
Grudge Grudge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grudger; p. pr. & vb. n. Grudging.] [OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.] 1. To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects. Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train. --Shak. I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments. --Swift. They have grudged us contribution. --Shak. 2. To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously. [Obs.] Perish they That grudge one thought against your majesty ! --Shak.

Meaning of Grudging from wikipedia

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- in exchange for the beautiful car they keep in their garage. The man grudgingly accepts but proves unwilling to part with the car because it belonged...
- "The mill of Grudging" by John D. Batten, in Joseph Jacobs' The Book of Wonder Voyages...
- schedule. Lou wants to turn her mother's room into a nursery, and Jack grudgingly agrees. Lou is upset when Peter has to return to Dubai. Mallory quits...
- priority is his studies and that for him football should be for fun. Pete grudgingly resigns to making football practice less severe, after nearly destroying...
- Balthazar. Though Mathayus defeats Balthazar in a fight and earns his grudging respect and sanctuary, C****andra informs Mathayus that she has seen two...
- janitor, but shows she knows the ins and outs of the business and earns some grudging respect from Douglas. On the way back home, Bob proposes to Goodwin that...
- the whole of Palestine, the Jewish Agency leadership pragmatically, if grudgingly, accepted Resolution 181(II). Although they were of the view that the...
- along a range of responses, including "frustration, despair, sarcasm, or grudging respect". It was first used in late 2002 at the forum on Techside, a ****anese...
- the bitterness of the French–German enmity, the Germans had a certain grudging respect for the French that did not extend to the Poles at all. During...