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Meanings of begrudge in English

Catalan
envejar
Spanish
envidiar

Wish ill or allow unwillingly.

      envejar
      Portuguese
      invejar
      Catalan
      anhelar
      Spanish
      envidiar

      Be envious of; set one's heart on.

            invejar
            Usage of begrudge in English
            1
            Despite the acrimonious circumstances, this outcome is a hard one to begrudge.
            The South African
            2
            Indeed, no one would begrudge them a first All-Ireland win since 1959.
            The Irish Times
            3
            But when he opened the telegram he did not begrudge the money.
            The Rangeland Avenger
            4
            Nobody but a cad is likely to begrudge the honoured their gongs.
            The Irish Times
            5
            He expected nothing himself, and did not begrudge his nephew the inheritance.
            Can You Forgive Her?
            6
            You cannot begrudge such a flower for only being with us briefly.
            The Guardian
            7
            Yet when a chance of diversion comes you begrudge it to me.
            Maurice Guest
            8
            I don't begrudge her. How is his relationship with his wife now?
            The Guardian
            9
            Still, who would begrudge them an evening away from their trademark miserabilism?
            The Irish Times
            10
            Don't begrudge it to her when it is of the right kind.
            The Complete Home
            11
            No one will begrudge him if he decides to skip that tie.
            The Guardian
            12
            At all events, he did not seem to begrudge others their success.
            The Rise of David Levinsky
            13
            She did not begrudge the Spartan's legendary prowess -orher prodigious ego.
            Imperatrix
            14
            I don't begrudge the fellow for his two dollars and six bits.
            The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair / ...
            15
            Both begrudge any other kind of dominion held by man over man.
            Barchester Towers
            16
            Can you begrudge an old man fresh air and light, Dr. Alverhuysen?
            The half-made world
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            Translations for begrudge
            Spanish
            envidiar
            Begrudge through the time
            Begrudge across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common
            United States of America
            Common