grudging
Given with resentment
Grudging describes something given or done with reluctance or resentment.
A grudging apology comes unwillingly, offered because circumstances demand it rather than from genuine remorse.
Grudging respect or admiration is conceded despite oneself: Even his critics gave him grudging credit for persistence.
The word suggests the giver would prefer not to give at all.
Opposed to participating
- hesitantSlow to act
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- half-heartedLacking sincerity or zeal
- unenthusiasticWithout eagerness or passion
disinclined · resistant · loath · averse · forced · coerced · reticent · indisposed
Sharp, unpleasant taste
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
- enviousWanting what others possess
- jealousResentful of others' advantages
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
hostile · spiteful · malicious · rancorous · disgruntled · aggrieved · sour · churlish
Entry or confession
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- concessionYielding a point
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
allowance · acquiescence · yielding · capitulation · surrender · compliance · assent · agreement
unwilling
Opposed to participating
- hesitantSlow to act
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- half-heartedLacking sincerity or zeal
unenthusiastic · disinclined · resistant · loath · averse · forced · coerced · reticent · indisposed · stalling
bitter
Sharp, unpleasant taste
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
- enviousWanting what others possess
- jealousResentful of others' advantages
covetous · hostile · spiteful · malicious · rancorous · disgruntled · aggrieved · sour · churlish · sullen
admission
Entry or confession
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- concessionYielding a point
recognition · allowance · acquiescence · yielding · capitulation · surrender · compliance · assent · agreement · consent
- unwillingreluctant, hesitant, resistant, averse, disinclined
- cold-heartedcallous, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel
- stinginessstinginess, miserliness, miserly, penny-pinching, stingy
grudginggenerous
Willing to give freely
ungrudging · bounteous · charitable · openhanded · liberal
grudgingwholehearted
Fully and sincerely committed
unreserved · unstinting · unqualified · hearty · warm
begrudging, grudgingly, ungrudging, ungrudgingly, begrudgingly