as in to resent
to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages
I don't begrudge you your success—you earned it
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Recent Examples of begrudge
But it would be misguided to begrudge the show its creative license, and specifically its refusal to fixate on the bureaucratic nightmare that is being gravely ill in America, when so many of its enormous swings connect.
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Judy Berman, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Turning his back on the Championship does not feel like a choice anyone would begrudge him.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Could anyone begrudge flagship club Leipzig toppling one of the sides with Super League-hungry owners in a European knockout tie?
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Hans Niemann excepted, few seemed to begrudge him.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Turning his back on the Championship does not feel like a choice anyone would begrudge him.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Could anyone begrudge flagship club Leipzig toppling one of the sides with Super League-hungry owners in a European knockout tie?
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Hans Niemann excepted, few seemed to begrudge him.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for begrudge
resent
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Yet others may resent having to babysit new digital coworkers that could potentially replace them.—
Spencer Dorn,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Trump, who relies on a model of leadership where all power is centralized in himself while dividing his subordinates against themselves, has always resented individuals who try to outmaneuver him.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
6 June 2025
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