grudging

adj, noun — 2 senses

grudging

adj

UK /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/ · US /ˈɡɹʌ.d͡ʒiŋ/

1

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.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 25:

Derived terms: grudgingly, grudgingness, ungrudging
Related terms: grudge, grudger, grudgy

grudging

noun

1

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 […]1806, Matthew Henry, An Exposition of All the Books of the Old and New Testaments:

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