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What (who) is BEGRUDGE - definition
begrudge
(begrudges, begrudging, begrudged)
1.
If you do not begrudge someone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it.
I certainly don't begrudge him the Nobel Prize.
VERB: usu with brd-neg, V n n
2.
If you do not begrudge something such as time or money, you do not mind giving it up.
I do not begrudge the money I have lost.
VERB: usu with brd-neg, V n, also V -ing
Begrudge
·vt To Grudge; to envy the possession of.
begrudge
¦ verb
1. envy (someone) the possession or enjoyment of.
2. give reluctantly or resentfully.
Derivatives
begrudger noun (chiefly Irish).
begrudging adjective
begrudgingly adverb
Examples of use of BEGRUDGE
1. In other circumstances, nobody would begrudge his break.
2. Few would begrudge William Hague this new–found affluence.
3. And I‘d be the last person to begrudge anybody their ambition."
4. "You can‘t begrudge the man for trying to keep money from the lawyers and the taxman.
5. And after what had happened to these animals, it would be harsh to begrudge them that.