grudging

English

WOTD – 14 September 2009

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒiŋ/

Adjective

grudging (comparative more grudging, superlative most grudging)

Unwilling or with reluctance.
her grudging acceptance that her rival deserved the award

Derived terms

grudgingly

Related terms

Translations

unwilling or with reluctance

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: modstræbende, modvillig
Finnish: vastahakoinen (fi)
German: widerwillig (de)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: motvillig (no)
Polish: niechętny (pl), wstrzemięźliwy (pl)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: неохотный (ru) (neoxotnyj)

Verb

grudging

present participle of grudge

Noun

grudging (plural grudgings)

The state of bearing a grudge.
- 1806, Matthew Henry, An Exposition of All the Books of the Old and New Testaments
  Fretfulness and discontent expose us to the just judgment of God; and we bring more calamities upon ourselves, by our murmuring, distrustful, envious groans and grudgings against one another, than we are aware of […]

Anagrams

drugging

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