begrudgingly

Given with reluctance

Begrudgingly means with reluctance or resentment, doing something you don't really want to do: She begrudgingly admitted he was right.

The word suggests compliance without enthusiasm—you go along, but you're not happy about it.

He begrudgingly agreed to help move the couch.

reluctance

reluctantly

With obvious unwillingness

unenthusiastically · resignedly · draggingly · disinclined · loath · averse · indisposed · reticent · foot-dragging · under protest

resentment

bitterly

With harsh resentment

rancor · ill will · hard feelings · bad blood · acrimony · sourly · sulkily · sullenly · churlishly · peevishly

concession

yielding

Bending under pressure

giving in · backing down · surrender · capitulation · admission · acknowledgment · granting · allowing · permitting · accepting

envy

jealously

With covetous resentment

invidiously · wistfully · longingly · yearningly · admiringly · competitively · comparatively

Opposites
willingness

begrudginglyeagerly

With keen enthusiasm

willingly · enthusiastically · gladly · happily · voluntarily

generosity of spirit

begrudginglygenerously

With free-giving spirit

graciously · open-handedly · magnanimously · liberally · unstintingly

Family

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