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grudgingness

NOUN
envy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
begrudging bitterness hatred ill will jealousy malice prejudice resentment rivalry
STRONG
backbiting coveting covetousness enviousness grudging lusting malevolence maliciousness malignity opposition spite
WEAK
evil eye green-eyed monster invidiousness jaundiced eye resentfulness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
friendliness liking love loving
WEAK
comfort confidence contentedness good will kindness pleasure
NOUN
jealousy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
grudge resentment
STRONG
covetousness enviousness spite
WEAK
backbiting begrudging evil eye green-eyed monster jaundiced eye resentfulness

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Mrs. Noakes admitted with the grudgingness of a person of uncheerful temperament, that looks like that always would make talk.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Nothing grates on me more than that posthumous grudgingness toward a wife.

From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George

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