begrudged

English

Adjective

begrudged (comparative more begrudged, superlative most begrudged)

1. Given, received, or done grudgingly; resented.
   • 1845, Edward Miall, Views of the Voluntary Principle, page 98:

     No service is so unsatisfactory as blind service—no sacrifices are more begrudged than those which are made to objects we are unable to comprehend.

   • 1911, Nettie May Gifford Prange, Citrus Culture for Profit, page 44:

     It would seem that just at the time when the year's work of the orange tree was completed and the grower was exchanging its fruits for money he would feel like doing something nice by such a faithful servant, but cold facts reveala that of the three needed applications of fertilizer during each year it is the fall application that is the most begrudged and the most often neglected.

   • 2008, Stephen Wall, A Stranger in Europe: Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair, page 130:

     Grabbing a begrudged compromise here; clutching an opt-out clause there.

   • 2010, Lucy Mangan, The Reluctant Bride:

     He used to give him and his brother a begrudged 10p each at the end of his annual stay with them. Just how begrudged this munificent sum was became clear the year Roger's visit coincided with Sam's birthday. When Roger discovered this, just after giving his nephews their coins, he leaned forward and took 5p back from Ian and left.

Derived terms

• unbegrudged

 

Verb

begrudged

1. simple past and past participle of begrudge

Anagrams

• bedrugged