begrudge

Other forms of begrudge

past tense

begrudged·

present participle

begrudging·

third person

begrudges·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about begrudge

What does begrudge mean?

begrudge means "be envious of; set one's heart on". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in begrudge?

begrudge has 2 syllables: be-grudge. The stress falls on "grudge". In IPA it is /bɪˈɡɹʌdʒ/.

What is another word for begrudge?

Close synonyms include envy, resent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of begrudge?

The recorded antonyms are wish.

Is begrudge a common word?

begrudge is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with begrudge?

1 word rhymes with begrudge. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.