Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to begrudge
Participle: begrudged
Gerund: begrudging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | begrudge |
| you | begrudge |
| he;she;it | begrudges |
| we | begrudge |
| you | begrudge |
| they | begrudge |
Perfect
| I | have begrudged |
| you | have begrudged |
| he;she;it | has begrudged |
| we | have begrudged |
| you | have begrudged |
| they | have begrudged |
Past
| I | begrudged |
| you | begrudged |
| he;she;it | begrudged |
| we | begrudged |
| you | begrudged |
| they | begrudged |
Pluperfect
| I | had begrudged |
| you | had begrudged |
| he;she;it | had begrudged |
| we | had begrudged |
| you | had begrudged |
| they | had begrudged |
Future
| I | will begrudge |
| you | will begrudge |
| he;she;it | will begrudge |
| we | will begrudge |
| you | will begrudge |
| they | will begrudge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have begrudged |
| you | will have begrudged |
| he;she;it | will have begrudged |
| we | will have begrudged |
| you | will have begrudged |
| they | will have begrudged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | begrudge |
| you | begrudge |
| he;she;it | begrudge |
| we | begrudge |
| you | begrudge |
| they | begrudge |
Perfect
| I | have begrudged |
| you | have begrudged |
| he;she;it | have begrudged |
| we | have begrudged |
| you | have begrudged |
| they | have begrudged |
Imperfect
| I | begrudged |
| you | begrudged |
| he;she;it | begrudged |
| we | begrudged |
| you | begrudged |
| they | begrudged |
Pluperfect
| I | had begrudged |
| you | had begrudged |
| he;she;it | had begrudged |
| we | had begrudged |
| you | had begrudged |
| they | had begrudged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would begrudge |
| you | would begrudge |
| he;she;it | would begrudge |
| we | would begrudge |
| you | would begrudge |
| they | would begrudge |
Perfect
| I | would have begrudged |
| you | would have begrudged |
| he;she;it | would have begrudged |
| we | would have begrudged |
| you | would have begrudged |
| they | would have begrudged |
Imperative
| you | begrudge |
| we | Let's begrudge |
| you | begrudge |
Verbs conjugated like 'begrudge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'begrudge'
besmudge,
grudge,
becringe,
becudgel,
bedrug,
befringe,
begaud,
begirdle,
beglue,
begrace,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1362, from be- + M.E.
grucchen "to murmur" (see grudge).
2. From Middle English bigrucchen (“to grumble at”), equivalent to be- (“at, about, over”) + grudge. Compare also English begrouch. See: English '
begrouch'.
Sample Sentences
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Okay, then, next time you go and leave me stay here. See if I begrudge you a little fun. [1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, volume 16, number 1, page 50:]
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“Trial’ll probably be Monday. You can keep him one night, can’t you? I don’t think anybody in Maycomb’ll begrudge me a client, with times this hard.” [1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 15, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:]
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A defeat would have been harsh on the Gunners, especially after an improved rearguard action in the second half, but few could begrudge the German side a point from a match they dominated for long spells. [2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, in BBC:]