verb (often used in negative sentences)
1 to feel unhappy that sb has sth because you do not think that they deserve it:
[VNN] You surely don't begrudge him his happiness. * [VN-ing] I don't begrudge her being so successful.
2 to feel unhappy about having to do, pay or give sth:
[VN] I begrudge every second I spent trying to help him. * [V-ing] Many people begrudge paying so much money for a second-rate service.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for begrudge is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does begrudge appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — begrudge appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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