"begrudging" meaning in English

See begrudging in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -ʌdʒɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} begrudging
  1. grudgeful, envious Translations (grudgeful): pikkumainen (Finnish), missgönnend (German), gehässig (German), grollend (German), grummelnd (German), 怨めしい (urameshii) (Japanese), malvado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-begrudging-en-adj-lvqeIeF5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 2 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 0 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 7 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 7 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 89 0 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 0 9 Disambiguation of 'grudgeful': 97 3
  2. reluctant Translations (reluctant): widerstrebend (German), widerwillig (German), zähneknirschend (German)
    Sense id: en-begrudging-en-adj-8t4TRtcH Disambiguation of 'reluctant': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: begrudgingly, begrudgingness, unbegrudging

Verb

Rhymes: -ʌdʒɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} begrudging
  1. present participle and gerund of begrudge Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: begrudge
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      "sense": "grudgeful",
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      "sense": "grudgeful",
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      "sense": "grudgeful",
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