Meaning

1 senses
  1. Unwilling or with reluctance.

    her grudging acceptance that her rival deserved the award

    widerwillig

    неохотныйneoxotnyj

More definitions
  • petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  • of especially an attitude

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
unwilling or with reluctance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unwilling or with reluctance:

Forms

more grudging, most grudging
Comparativemore grudging Lesson
Superlativemost grudging Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • petty or reluctant in giving or spending:scrimy

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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