Synonyms for grudging:
adj. greedy; very desirous
adj. not satisfied or pleased
adj. jealous, resentful
adj. compulsory, strained
adj. greedy
adj. desiring excessively
adj. stingy
adj. greedy
adj. automatic; not done willingly
adj. tainted, prejudiced
adj. desirous; wary
adj. greedy
adj. stingy
adj. resentful
adj. unenthusiastic, unwilling
adj. narrow-minded, nasty
adj. in a bad mood
adj. penny-pinching, averse to spending money
adj. nasty, hostile
adj. not generous
adj. not in the mood
adj. hateful, revengeful
noun jealousy
noun a mean action
Examples of uses:
Wilcox is apt to be rather grudging when he's on his own.
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There does seem to be a grudging respect thing going on.
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Instead of grudging me food, you had better think about moving.
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Well, the Chief Inspector said it seemed a bit grudging...
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But you gotta have a grudging respect for your wife at this point, right?
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Ordinary man, skeptical at first, but who comes to a grudging respect for this swell figure from the East.
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Baird Whitlock has become their acolyte, a convert to their cause, his belief compelled but not grudging.
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Here you are just an hour after being wrestled from my grudging womb.
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You see, it's hard for me not to feel a grudging respect for what you do.
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After the insurance company made a grudging payout to Mei, she shared it with her mother, who shared it with Emerson — Payment for a job well done.
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