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BEGRUDGE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they begrudge ... he / she / it begrudges
Past simple: begrudged
Past participle: begrudged
-ing form: begrudging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wish ill or allow unwillingly
Synonyms:
begrudge; resent
Classified under:
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Antonym:
wish (feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be envious of; set one's heart on
Synonyms:
begrudge; envy
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Hypernyms (to "begrudge" is one way to...):
desire; want (feel or have a desire for; want strongly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "begrudge"):
covet (wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Sentence example:
They begrudge them the money
