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begrudge

Main Entry:
begrudge [bih-gruhj]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wish that someone did not have
Synonyms: be jealous, be reluctant, be stingy, covet, eat one's heart out, envy, grudge, pinch, resent, stint
Main Entry: deny
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disagree, renounce, decline
Synonyms: abjure, abnegate, ban, begrudge, call on, contradict, contravene, controvert, curb, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discredit, disown, disprove, doubt, enjoin from, eschew, exclude, forbid, forgo, forsake, gainsay, hold back, keep back, negate, negative, not buy, nullify, oppose, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, repudiate, restrain, revoke, sacrifice, say no to, spurn, taboo, take exception to, turn down, turn thumbs down, veto, withhold
Notes: deny means to declare untrue or refuse to accept or believe or to refuse to recognize or acknowledge; refute means to prove to be false, wrong, or incorrect
Antonyms: accede, acknowledge, admit, affirm, agree, allow, concede, confess, corroborate, go along, grant
Main Entry: envy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be jealous of another
Synonyms: be envious, begrudge, covet, crave, desire, die over, eat one's heart out, grudge, hanker, have hard feelings, hunger, long, lust, object to, resent, thirst, turn green, want, yearn
Notes: jealousy is reflective of a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person, whereas envy expresses a person's feelings or attitudes toward another person's advantages or accomplishments; jealousy pertains to emotional rivalry while envy is resentment of a more fortunate person
Antonyms: be confident, be content
Main Entry: grudge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: feel resentful; give unwillingly
Synonyms: be reluctant, be stingy, begrudge, complain, covet, deny, envy, hold back, mind, pinch, refuse, resent, stint
Antonyms: favor, forgive
Main Entry: resent
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be angry about
Synonyms: be in a huff, be insulted, be offended by, be put off by, be rubbed wrong way, be vexed, bear a grudge, begrudge, dislike, feel bitter, feel sore, frown at, get nose out of joint, grudge, harbor a grudge, have hard feelings, object to, take amiss, take as an insult, take exception, take offense, take umbrage
Antonyms: be happy, like, love
Main Entry: spite
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: offend, hurt
Synonyms: annoy, begrudge, beset, crab, cramp style, discomfit, gall, get even, grudge, hang up, harass, harm, injure, louse up, needle, nettle, persecute, pique, provoke, put out, upset the apple cart, vex
Antonyms: forgive, help, love, please
Main Entry: stint
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: economize; hold back
Synonyms: be frugal, be parsimonious, be sparing, be stingy, begrudge, confine, cut corners, define, go easy on, grudge, limit, make ends meet, penny-pinch, pinch, restrain, roll back, save, save for rainy day, scrape, scrimp, skimp on, sock away, spare, squirrel, stash, tighten belt, withhold
Antonyms: spend
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Envy.
Category: 2. Retrospective sympathetic affections
Synonyms:
-nouns
envy; enviousness; rivalry; jalousie de milier; illwill, spite.
-verbs
envy, covet, burst with envy.
-adjectives
envious, invidious, covetous; alieni appetens.
-phrases
"base envy withers at another's joy" [Thomson]; caeca invidia est [Livy]; multa petentibus desunt multa [Horace]; summa petit livor [Ovid].
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