grudged
Gave with resentment
Grudged is the past tense of grudge, meaning to give or allow something reluctantly or resentfully: She grudged every penny spent on repairs.
To grudge someone their success is to resent it.
The word suggests unwillingness mixed with envy or bitterness: He grudged his brother the inheritance.
Gave unwillingly, with spite
- resentedFelt bitter displeasure toward
- enviedFelt jealousy toward
- covetedGreatly desired by many
- bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
jealousy · unwilling · reluctant · withheld · stingy · spiteful · ill-will · animosity
Refused or disavowed
- refusedDeclined to accept
- stintedGave sparingly
- rationedDivided into fixed shares
- hoardedCollected and concealed
kept · retained · held back · spared · doled · measured · portioned · limited
Without wanting to
- hesitantSlow to act
- loathStrongly reluctant
- disinclinedAverse to acting
- halfheartedLacking sincere commitment
forced · compelled · obligated · conceded · yielded · surrendered · acquiesced · capitulated
begrudged
Gave unwillingly, with spite
bitterness · jealousy · unwilling · reluctant · withheld · stingy · spiteful · ill-will · animosity · covetous
denied
Refused or disavowed
hoarded · kept · retained · held back · spared · doled · measured · portioned · limited · restricted
unwillingly
Without wanting to
- hesitantSlow to act
- loathStrongly reluctant
- disinclinedAverse to acting
halfhearted · forced · compelled · obligated · conceded · yielded · surrendered · acquiesced · capitulated · relented
grudgedungrudged
Given without resentment
freely given · lavished · unstinting · open-handed · bestowed
- hold a grudgeMaintain lasting resentment
- bear a grudgeMaintain lasting ill will
- grudge matchContest to settle scores
- grudge matchesCompetitions between longtime rivals
- old grudge
- grudge holderOne nursing old resentments
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