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Grudging

🔄 Synonyms of "Grudging"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
envious	Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
unwilling	Not willing; reluctant
stingy	Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
meanspirited	Alternative spelling of mean-spirited. [Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.]
niggardly	Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
ungenerous	Not generous; stingy.
selfish	Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others.
begrudging	reluctant
scrimy	Dirty or filthy.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
begrudgingnoun	reluctant
envious	Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
meanspirited	Alternative spelling of mean-spirited. [Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.]
unwilling	Not willing; reluctant
ungenerous	Not generous; stingy.
scrimy	Dirty or filthy.
stingy	Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
selfish	Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others.
reluctant	Not wanting to take some action; unwilling to do something.
recalcitrantnoun	Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.
lukewarm	Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
unbegrudging	ungrudging
ungrudging	Lacking envy or resentment
unreluctant	Not reluctant.
hostile	Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
irreluctant	(archaic) Not reluctant.
ungrudged	Synonym of unbegrudged.
ungrumbling	Not grumbling.
unrelished	Not relished.
involuntary	Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.