begrudge
pronunciation
How to pronounce begrudge in British English:
UK [bɪˈɡrʌdʒ]
How to pronounce begrudge in American English:
US [bɪˈɡrʌdʒ]
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- Verb:
- be envious of; set one's heart on
- wish ill or allow unwillingly
Word Origin
- begrudge (v.)
- mid-14c., from be- + Middle English grucchen "to murmur" (see grudge). Related: Begrudged; begrudging; begrudgingly.
Example
- 1. Even if it is mostly the result of luck , who would begrudge africa this renaissance ?
- 2. We don 't begrudge financial success in this country .
- 3. Chen 's mother , dong lanyuan , does not begrudge her daughter her new pleasures and chuckles over her little luxuries like weekly pedicures .
- 4. She remains a close friend of freud and elisabeth , who didn 't begrudge her rise in the company and appreciated her fealty to the murdoch family .
- 5. Because it 's important to keep the developing world 's economic growth in perspective , especially when those of us in rich countries begrudge poor countries their recent economic success .