- verb
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- resent or be dissatisfied with [Barron]
- envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge [Nandigam]
- transitive verb
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- to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award.
- to be reluctant to give, grant, or allow: She did not begrudge the money spent on her children's education.
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More word meanings for begrudge
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- Wiktionary:
- begrudge @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- begrudge @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- begrudge @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- begrudge @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- begrudge @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- begrudge @ Answers.com
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