Can You Begrudge Someone?

verb (used with object), be·grudged, be·grudg·ing. to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award.

What does it mean when you begrudge someone?

transitive verb. 1 : to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure begrudge money begrudged the weeks spent away from home. 2 : to look upon with disapproval or envy begrudge their rivals' success.

What does it mean to not begrudge someone?

If you do not begrudge someone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it. I certainly don't begrudge him the Nobel Prize. [ VERB noun noun] Synonyms: resent, envy, grudge, be jealous of More Synonyms of begrudge.