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begrudging
[bih-gruhj] 
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begrudge
[bih-gruhj]
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| 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: | covet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
| Synonyms: | aspire to, begrudge, choose, crave, desiderate, envy, fancy, hanker for, have eye on, have hots for, itch for, long for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, want, wish for, yearn for, yen for |
| Antonyms: | abjure, be generous, give, not want |
| 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: | dissatisfied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discontented, unhappy |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, begrudging, bothered, complaining, crabby, critical, disaffected, disappointed, disgruntled, displeased, ennuied, envious, faultfinding, fed-up, fretful, fretting, frustrated, griping, grudging, grumbling, grumpy*, insatiable, irked, jaundiced, jealous, kvetching, malcontent, malcontented, not satisfied, offended, picky, plaintive, put-out, querulous, sniveling, sulky, sullen, unappeased, unassuaged, unfulfilled, ungratified, unsated, unsatisfied, vexed |
| Antonyms: | contented, fulfilled, gratified, happy, pleased, satisfied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | envious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jealous, resentful |
| Synonyms: | appetent, aspiring, begrudging, coveting, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, distrustful, fain, grasping, greedy, green with envy, green-eyed, grudging, hankering, invidious, jaundiced, longing for, malicious, spiteful, suspicious, umbrageous, watchful, wishful, yearning |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, confident, content, kind, pleased, unenvious |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | be confident, be content |
| Main Entry: | forced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compulsory, strained |
| Synonyms: | affected, artificial, begrudging, binding, bound, coerced, coercive, compelled, conscripted, constrained, contrived, enforced, factitious, false, grudging, inflexible, insincere, involuntary, labored, mandatory, obligatory, peremptory, rigid, slave, stiff, stringent, unnatural, unwilling, wooden |
| Antonyms: | noncompulsory, spontaneous, unforced, voluntary |
| 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: | involuntary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | automatic; not done willingly |
| Synonyms: | automatic, begrudging, blind, compulsory, conditioned, forced, grudging, habitual, impulsive, instinctive, instinctual, knee-jerk, obligatory, reflex, reflexive, reluctant, spontaneous, uncalculated, unconscious, uncontrolled, unintended, unintentional, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unthinking, unwilling, unwitting, will-less |
| Antonyms: | conscious, intentional, unforced, voluntary |
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