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Webster 1828 Edition


Grudging

GRUDG'ING

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pp.
Envying; being uneasy at another's possession of something which we have a desire to possess.

GRUDG'ING

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Noun.
Uneasiness at the possession of something by another.
1.
Reluctance; also, a secret wish or desire.
He had a grudging still to be a knave.
2.
A symptom of disease. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


grudging

grudging

English

Adjective

grudging (comparative more grudging, superlative most grudging)

  1. Unwilling or with reluctance.
    her grudging acceptance that her rival deserved the award

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Verb

grudging

  1. present participle of grudge

Noun

grudging (plural grudgings)

  1. The state of bearing a grudge.
    • 1806, Matthew Henry, An Exposition of All the Books of the Old and New Testaments
      Fretfulness and discontent expose us to the just judgment of God; and we bring more calamities upon ourselves, by our murmuring, distrustful, envious groans and grudgings against one another, than we are aware of []

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