Begrudge

Definitions: Begrudge

Begrudge

Verb

1. Be envious of; set one's heart on.

2. Wish ill or allow unwillingly.

Date "begrudge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Note: Begrudge \Be*grudge"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Begrudged; present participle verb or noun Begrudging.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Begrudge

Synonyms: envy (v), resent (v). (additional references)

Antonym: wish (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Parsimony	Verb: be parsimonious; Adjective: grudge, begrudge, stint, pinch, gripe, screw, dole out, hold back, withhold, starve, famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint.
Refusal	Verb: refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down; nill, negative; refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass.
Unwillingness	Verb: be unwilling; Adjective: nill; dislike; grudge, begrudge; not be able to find it in one's heart to, not have the stomach to.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Begrudge

English words defined with "begrudge": Begrudged. (references)

"Begrudge" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 88.00% of the time. "Begrudge" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	88%	44	51,500
Lexical Verb (base form)	12%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	50	N/A

Expressions using "begrudge": begrudge doing smth. ♦ begrudge giving smth. ♦ begrudge smb. smth. ♦ not begrudge. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "begrudge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		bejammer (be sorry about, mourn, regret). (various references)

Albanian		kam zili (envy, grudge, turn green), ia kursej. (various references)

Arabic		‏حسده على, ‏حسد (animosity, be jealous, envy, grudge, jealousy), ‏ضن عليه. (various references)

Bulgarian		скъпя се за, завиждам (envy). (various references)

Czech		závidìt (envy), vyèítat (cast up, reproach, taunt, tax), nerad dávat, nepřát (grudge). (various references)

Dutch		betreuren (be sorry about, mourn, regret), bejammeren (be sorry about, mourn, regret). (various references)

Esperanto		domaĝi (regret). (various references)

Farsi		مضایقه کردن (Spare, Stint), غرولندکردن (Complain, Groin, Snarl, Squawk), غبطه خوردن . (various references)

French		regretter (be sorry, be sorry about), rechigner, ménager (be sparing with), accorder � contrec�"ur. (various references)

German		beneiden (envy, grudge, to envy). (various references)

Greek		φθονώ (envy, grudge), τσιγγουνεύομαι (skimp). (various references)

Hebrew		לק� א (be jealous, envy, grudge). (various references)

Hungarian		sajnál (be sorry about, deplore, grudge, regret, repent, to commiserate, to commiserate with sy, to deplore, to lament, to pity, to regret, to repent, to stint, to stint oneself of sg), irigyel (envy, to envy). (various references)

Indonesian		menyesali (repent, rue), iri hati (covet, enviableous, envy, spite), iri (envy). (various references)

Italian		invidiare (envy, grudge), dare a malincuore (grudge). (various references)

Manx		trooghey, mooaraghey da. (various references)

Pig Latin		egrudgebay

Portuguese		invejar (envy, enwrap, grudging), dar de má vontade (scant). (various references)

Romanian		invidia (covet, envy, grudge). (various references)

Russian		скупиться (pinch, scrimp, skimp), завидовать (covet, envy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zavideti (envy). (various references)

Spanish		regatear a (palter), envidiar (envy, grudge), doler mucho (distress, smite), deplorar (be sorry about, deplore, mourn, regret). (various references)

Swedish		missunna (envy, grudge). (various references)

Thai		อิจฉาในสิ่งที่คนอื่นมี. (various references)

Turkish		kıskanmak (be jealous, envy, hold a grudge), çekememek (be unable to pull, be unable to take, be unable to tolerate, envy). (various references)

Ukranian		скупитися (scant, scrimp, skimp), шкодувати (be sorry, feel sorry, grudge), висловлювати невдоволення, заздрити (envy, grudge), бурчати (beef, buzz, carp, croak, groan, grouch, growl, grunt, mutter, nag, natter, rumble, scold). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	invidebant, invidebit, invidentes, invideruntque, invidet, invidit, invisa, invisus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "begrudge": begrudged, begrudges. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Begrudge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: begrude, begrudgery, Gebruder. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "begrudge" (pronounced bigru"j)
4	-g r u" j	grudge.
3	-r u" j	drudge, trudge.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: buggered, debugger.
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-g-g-r-u"
	-2 letters: bedrug, begged, budger, bugged, bugger, burgee, grudge, gurged, redbug, rugged.
	-3 letters: brede, breed, budge, debug, edger, egged, egger, grebe, greed, gurge, redub, urged.
	-4 letters: bedu, beer, berg, bred, bree, burd, burg, deer, dere, dree, dreg, drub, drug, dure, edge, eger, geed, gree, grub, grue, gude, rede, reed, rube, rude, rued, urge.
	-5 letters: bed, bee.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-g-g-r-u"
	+1 letter: bedrugged, begrudged, begrudges, debuggers.
	+4 letters: jitterbugged.
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