Usually means: Reluctantly accepting with resentment, displeasure.
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  1. begrudging: Merriam-Webster
  2. begrudging: Collins English Dictionary
  3. begrudging: Vocabulary.com
  4. begrudging: Wordnik
  5. begrudging: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. begrudging: Wiktionary
  7. Begrudging, begrudging: Dictionary.com
  8. begrudging: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Begrudging: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. begrudging: FreeDictionary.org
  11. begrudging: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Begrudging: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

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  1. begrudging: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (begrudging)

▸ adjective:  grudgeful, envious
▸ adjective:  reluctant

Similar:
envious, grudging, selfish, grudgy, embittered, resentful, gripeful, green-eyed, grumpy, churlish, more...

Opposite:
generous, charitable, unselfish, big-hearted

Types:
resentful, jealous, envious, covetous, grudging, more...

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Similar:
envious, grudging, selfish, grudgy, embittered, resentful, gripeful, green-eyed, grumpy, churlish, more...

Opposite:
generous, charitable, unselfish, big-hearted

Types:
resentful, jealous, envious, covetous, grudging, more...



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