grudging
- covetous adj.
- dissatisfied adj.
- envious adj.
- forced adj.
- grabby adj.
- greedy adj.
- hard-fisted adj.
- hoggish adj.
- involuntary adj.
- jaundiced adj.
- jealous adj.
- piggish adj.
- pinching adj.
- rancorous adj.
- reluctant adj.
- small adj.
- sour adj.
- stingy adj.
- unfriendly adj.
- ungenerous adj.
- unwilling adj.
- vindictive adj.
- envy n.
- meanness n.
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The other big thing is that in America we also have a kind of grudging admiration for the P.T.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
It’s a connection, a Gazan journalist said, that Witkoff also made with Hamas leaders, being in the unlucky “club of parents who have lost children,” and, this person said, it won him their grudging respect.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The strikes have drawn grudging recognition from Russian military analysts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
A "grudging" acknowledgment that he had handled the UK's response to the Iran war well had been soured by the Lord Mandelson saga, they said.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
It watched her as she thought, then made a grudging concession.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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