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begrutch

begrutch is the obsolete form of begrudge.

Meaning of begrudge

Verb

begrudge (third-person singular simple present begrudges, present participle begrudging, simple past and past participle begrudged)

  1. To grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.
  2. To be reluctant.
  3. (usually) To give reluctantly.
    • 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

Forms of begrutch

third-person singular presentbegrutches
present participlebegrutching
past participlebegrutched
pastbegrutched

Questions about begrutch

What is begrutch the obsolete form of?
Begrutch is the obsolete form of begrudge.

Words near begrutch in the dictionary

  1. begrumbled
  2. begrumbles
  3. begrumbling
  4. begrumpled
  5. begruntle
  6. begrutch
  7. begrutched
  8. begrutches
  9. begrutching
  10. begrutten
  11. begry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: begrutch (page history and authors); begrudge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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