grudging
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/ / /ˈɡɹʌ.d͡ʒiŋ/
adj
- Unwilling or with reluctance.
“her grudging acceptance that her rival deserved the award”
“A terse account, with no further explanation or detail, an indication perhaps of a grudging heart behind the offering.”
noun
- The state of bearing a grudge.
“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 […]”
verb
- present participle and gerund of grudge