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begrudge
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  • I don't think anybody in Maycomb'll begrudge me a client, with times this hard.  (source)
  • With ill-concealed resentment at him: Do you begrudge my bed, uncle?  (source)
    begrudge = give unwillingly
  • who wouldn't begrudge the loss of that sweet day?  (source)
    begrudge = resent (wish it had not been lost)
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  • Granpa didn't begrudge the money.  (source)
    begrudge = give unwillingly
  • Laila begrudged whoever had gotten to sit behind her daughter, to flip sections of her hair one over the other, had asked her to sit still.†  (source)
    begrudged = resented; or gave unwillingly
  • "The story was written by a Prussian," said the German, as he begrudgingly lifted his drink.†  (source)
    begrudgingly = in a resentful manner; or giving unwillingly
  • I left the shop wearing a pair of rubber boots so large my sneakers fit inside and so heavy it was difficult to keep up with my begrudging guide.†  (source)
    begrudging = resenting; or giving unwillingly
  • No one begrudges you another poodle.†  (source)
    begrudges = resents; or gives unwillingly
  • Oh, no, says Mam, they won't disagree and they won't step outside, that bunch of tinkers and knackers and begrudgers that hang around the pubs.†  (source)
    begrudgers = people who resent or give unwillingly
  • That's what you are an' a feckin' begrudger too with your feckin' sangwidge an' your feckin' Sacred Heart of Jesus on the wall an' your feckin' holy water.†  (source)
    begrudger = someone who resents or gives unwillingly
  • Paper is falling again, crushed traffic tickets and field-stripped cigarettes and work from the office and scorecards in the shape of airplanes, windblown and mostly white, and Pafko walks back to his position and alters stride to kick a soda cup lightly and the gesture functions as a form of recognition, a hint of some concordant force between players and fans, the way he nudges the white cup, it's a little onside boot, completely unbegrudging—a sign of respect for the sly contrivances of the game, the patterns that are undivinable.†  (source)
    unbegrudging = without resentment
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbegrudging means not and reverses the meaning of begrudging. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • I know that I deserve my punishment. I do not begrudge it.  (source)
    begrudge = resent
  • I may have begrudged her my father's attention, but I respected her way of handling things.†  (source)
    begrudged = resented; or gave unwillingly
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