grudging

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GRUDG'ING, participle passive Envying; being uneasy at another's possession of something which we have a desire to possess. GRUDG'ING, noun Uneasiness at the possession of something by another. 1. Reluctance; also, a secret wish or desire. He had a grudging still to be a knave. 2. A symptom of disease. [Not in use.]
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