BEGRUDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does begrudge mean? 

• BEGRUDGE (verb)
  The verb BEGRUDGE has 2 senses:

1. be envious of; set one's heart on

2. wish ill or allow unwillingly

  Familiarity information: BEGRUDGE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEGRUDGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they begrudge    ... he / she / it begrudges   
Past simple: begrudged   
Past participle: begrudged   
-ing form: begrudging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be envious of; set one's heart on

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

begrudge; envy

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wish ill or allow unwillingly

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

begrudge; resent

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)