1
[ adjective ] reluctant to give or share

Examples

"grudging in her praise"

Related terms

ungenerous

2
[ adjective ] that feels envy of another's possessions

Synonyms

envious begrudging

Related terms

selfish

3
[ adjective ] of especially an attitude

Examples

"gave grudging consent" "grudging acceptance of his opponent's victory"

Related terms

unwilling

4
[ adjective ] petty in giving or spending

Synonyms

scrimy niggardly

Examples

"a niggardly tip"

Related terms

stingy

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Rhymes with

judging raging cringing ranging encouraging discouraging edging dodging lodging bulging managing indulging hedging urging aging purging paging surging merging disparaging lounging forging foraging nanjing engaging damaging discouraging diverging pillaging avenging besieging staging leveraging obliging packaging encouraging messaging ravaging changing imaging emerging challenging arranging converging scavenging unchanging emerging

Phonetic and Homophones

G R AH1 JH IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

grudgingly grudge Gretzinger

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