begrudgers
Envious fault-finders
Begrudgers are people who resent others' success or good fortune.
The term implies a meanness of spirit—an inability to feel happy for someone else's achievements.
Common in Irish English, where it often appears in discussions of national character: The begrudgers came out as soon as she won the award.
To begrudge is to give or allow something reluctantly, so a begrudger withholds even goodwill.
Active opposition or hostility
- ill-willHostile or unkind feeling
- malevolenceActive ill will
- vitriolBitter, scathing criticism
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
combativeness · opposition · adversarial · confrontational · quarrelsome · contentious · obstructive · blocking
Resentful desire for another's advantages
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- green-eyedMarked by envy
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- enviousnessResentful desire for another's advantages
bitterness · yearning · malcontent · invidious · jaundiced · emulation · begrudgery · schadenfreude
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- grievanceFormal claim of unfairness
- rancorLasting bitter resentment
- ill-willHostile or unkind feeling
antipathy · indignation · umbrage · pique · acrimony · displeasure · offense · vexation
Resentful attitude toward others
- knockersDoor-striking devices
- naysayersThose who dismiss ideas
- detractorsPeople who criticize
- criticsThose who evaluate work
Intent to cause harm
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
- pettinessFocus on insignificant matters
- cattinessSpiteful, sly nastiness
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
nastiness · backbiting · snideness · belittlement · disparagement · undermining · sabotage · nitpicking
antagonism
Active opposition or hostility
- ill-willHostile or unkind feeling
- malevolenceActive ill will
- vitriolBitter, scathing criticism
aggression · combativeness · opposition · adversarial · confrontational · quarrelsome · contentious · obstructive · blocking · resistance
jealousy
Resentful desire for another's advantages
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- green-eyedMarked by envy
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
enviousness · bitterness · yearning · malcontent · invidious · jaundiced · emulation · begrudgery · schadenfreude · covetous
bitterness
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
ill-will · antipathy · indignation · umbrage · pique · acrimony · displeasure · offense · vexation · irritation
begrudgery
Resentful attitude toward others
- knockersDoor-striking devices
- naysayersThose who dismiss ideas
- detractorsPeople who criticize
malice
Intent to cause harm
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
- pettinessFocus on insignificant matters
- cattinessSpiteful, sly nastiness
meanness · nastiness · backbiting · snideness · belittlement · disparagement · undermining · sabotage · nitpicking · fault-finding
begrudgersadmirers
People who appreciate someone
well-wishers · supporters · celebrators · cheerleaders · fans