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Definition: Ungrudging |
UngrudgingAdjective1. Without envy or reluctance; "ungrudging admiration". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ungrudging" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Liberality | Adjective: liberal, free, generous; charitable; (beneficent); hospitable; bountiful, bounteous; handsome; unsparing, ungrudging; unselfish; open handed, free handed, full handed; open hearted, large hearted, free hearted; munificent, princely. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ungrudging |
| English words defined with "ungrudging": ungrudgingly. (references) |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | At this hour the animosities of political strife, the bitterness of partisan defeat, and the exultation of partisan triumph should be supplanted by an ungrudging acquiescence in the popular will and a sober, conscientious concern for the general weal. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Ungrudging" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ungrudging" is used about 2 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 (-ing form) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "ungrudging": be ungrudging in. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ungrudging"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zemërbardhë (bountiful, generous, good hearted, gracious), shpirtgjerë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لا يحقد, لا يحسد, لا يتذمر, لا يبخل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | щедър (benevolent, bountiful, charitable, flush, free, freehanded, generous, handsome, large handed, large-hearted, liberal, lordly, munificent, openhanded, pickwickian, princely, prodigal, profuse, stintless, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted), обилен (abundant, affluent, ample, exuberant, full, generous, hearty, liberal, lusty, plentiful, rich, satisfying), даващ с готовност. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | velkorysý (benevolent, big, broad, broadminded, charitable, generous, gracious, high minded, liberal, noble-minded, unsparing), ochotný (accommodating, compliant, forthcoming, helpful, obliging, ready, willing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | généreux (unselfish, unsparing), donné sans compter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | neidlos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αγόγγυστοσ (uncomplaining, unmurmured), απλόχεροσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפר'ן, רחב לב (big hearted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bõkezû (boon, bounteous, generous, large handed, munificent, open handed, prodigal), õszinte (above board, candid, disarming, downright, guileless, heart-felt, honest, ingenuous, naïve, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight out, straightforward, transparent, unfeigned, whole-hearted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | senza invidia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feoiltagh (benevolent, bounteous, bountiful, generous, hospitable, lavish, liberal, munificent, whig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | udgingungray liberal (boon, bounteous, broad minded, enlargement, generous, genesis, lavish, liberal, liberal education, unsparing), generoso (big heart, boon, bounteous, chivalrous, enlarged, flush, generous, large, large handed, large minded, large-hearted, lavish, magnate, open-hearted, selfless, soft-hearted, unselfish, unsparing, warm-hearted, whole-souled), dado de bom grado. (various references) binevoitor (amiable, benevolent, benignant, bland, charitable, condescending, favorable, favourable, friendly, genial, genteel, gentle, good, good natured, gracious, humane, kind, kindly, lithe, nice, propitious, well disposed, well meaning, well wisher, yielding). (various references) обильный (abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, exuberant, generous, hearty, heavy, hefty, lavish, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, rich, riotous, torrential). (various references) koji ne gunđa. (various references) generoso (big hearted, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, generosity, generous, liberal, munificent, noble-minded, open handed, rich, selfless, unsparing), de buena gana (graciously, like a shot, readily, willingly). (various references) oförbehållsam (explicit, plainspoken, unhesitating, unstinted, unstinting), helhjärtad (full-hearted, unreserved, wholehearted), generös (big, big hearted, free-handed, free-hearted, generous, handsome, large, large handed, lavish, liberal, open handed, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting). (various references) seve seve yapan, memnuniyetle verilen, esirgemeyen (unsparing), cömert (big hearted, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, flush, freehanded, freehearted, generous, handsome, large handed, liberal, munificent, open handed, openhanded, profuse, unsparing). (various references) щедрий (boon, bounteous, charitable, flush, free-handed, free-hearted, generous, handsome, munificent, open, open handed, prodigal, profuse, wanton). (various references) vui lòng cho, không hằn học, cho không tiếc không ghen ghét. (various references) diwarafun (unforbidden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Ungrudging" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nuruddin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-g-g-g-i-n-n-r-u-u" | |
-2 letters: drugging, grudging. | |
-3 letters: dunging, durning, gurging, nudging, rugging. | |
-4 letters: during, ungird, urging. | |
-5 letters: grind, inurn, ruing, unrig. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 67 72 75 64 67 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. --. .-. ..- -.. --. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100111 01110010 01110101 01100100 01100111 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n g r u d g i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0067 0072 0075 0064 0067 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55807384877073758073 |
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