grudging

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)

1. Unwilling or with reluctance.

   her grudging acceptance that her rival deserved the award

Derived terms

• grudgingly

Related terms

• grudge
• grudger

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

1. present participle of grudge

Noun

grudging (plural grudgings)

1. 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