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# begrudge

«begrudge» in Mova's school dictionary: **To feel unhappy that someone has or gets something, and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (begrudge, begrudges, begrudged, begrudging)

### meaning for a pupil

To feel unhappy that someone has or gets something, and wish they did not have it: «why do you begrudge me my playmates?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begrudge/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a jealous or spiteful character who does not want another to have joy or friends

### examples

- She begrudged her sister the new bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begrudge/#x1)
- Do not begrudge him a small treat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begrudge/#x2)
- I begrudge every minute spent on that chore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begrudge/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «begrudge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/begrudge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.