grudging
/ˈɡrʌdʒɪŋ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɡrʌdʒɪŋ/
grudging
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final ng sound
grud - ging -> grudging
Myanmar meaning
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နှမြောသည်။ တွန့်တိုသည်။ မနာလို ဝန်တို ဖြစ်သည်။ He grudges every penny he has to spend. ❍ I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods. ❍ He grudges her earning more than he does. ❍ I don't grudge him his success (ie I admit he deserves it).
n ~ (against sb) မလိုမုန်းတီးခြင်း။ အာဃာတ။ I bear him no grudge. ❍ He has a grudge against me. ❍ He has harboured/ nursed a grudge against me for years. ❍ a grudge match. မကျေပွဲ။
❏ grudging adj မကျေမနပ်၊ ဆောင့်ကြီးအောင့်ကြီးနှင့် လုပ်သော။ a grudging admission ❍ grudging praise.
❏ grudgingly adv ဆောင့်ကြီးအောင့်ကြီး။ She grudgingly conceded that I was right.
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Synonyms
feeling of resentment, complaint, ill will, chip on your shoulder, rancor, bitterness, animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, be reluctant, be stingy, begrudge, bone to pick, complain, covet, deny, dislike, enmity, envy, grievance, hard feelings, hate, hatred, hold against, hold back, injury, injustice, loathe, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, mind, peeve, pet peeve, pinch, pique, refuse, resent, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, stint, venom
Antonyms
allow, approve, be content, be generous, be happy, favor, forgive, forgiveness, friendliness, friendship, give, good will, grant, happiness, kindness, like, liking, love, loving, offer, respect, sanction, sympathy
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