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
After the game of a lifetime, few would have begrudged Guglielmo Vicario the chance to revel in his brilliance.
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Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
This helps make the world and characters feel even richer, giving you some vital looks into the relationships between key characters — like fleshing out the begrudging respect the ruthless mercenary Gafgarion feels for Ramza.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
It was already understood by then that, as part of the NCAA’s begrudging acceptance of athletes earning endorsement income, schools would be required to collect their players’ NIL contracts.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 22 Sep. 2025
His ambitions get somewhat begrudging support from obvious Jim Halpert stand-in Mare (Chelsea Frei), the most competent journalist in the newsroom.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
This helps make the world and characters feel even richer, giving you some vital looks into the relationships between key characters — like fleshing out the begrudging respect the ruthless mercenary Gafgarion feels for Ramza.
—Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
It was already understood by then that, as part of the NCAA’s begrudging acceptance of athletes earning endorsement income, schools would be required to collect their players’ NIL contracts.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 22 Sep. 2025
His ambitions get somewhat begrudging support from obvious Jim Halpert stand-in Mare (Chelsea Frei), the most competent journalist in the newsroom.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for begrudge
resent
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Journalists aren’t forced to play antagonists in a room already primed to resent them.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Some of the petition’s signatories were Democratic voters, but its loudest advocates were conservative businesspeople who resented the lockdown, and a campaign against the recall, led by the strategist Juan Rodriguez, painted the effort as a bad-faith Republican power grab.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Begrudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begrudge. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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