begrudge

Object

• respect: Even those who disagree with some of the content have a begrudging respect for the website.
• time: But the great majority claimed that they did not begrudge the time spent in this way.
• anyone: Not that I begrudge anyone - far from it, just you ask Vera Snodging.
• people: Its sad, but we do not begrudge people who rip where they did not sow.
• minute: What's the point, if you begrudge every minute?
• admiration: For that degree of dogmatic effort, they have to get some points and at minimum some begrudging admiration.

Used with why or when

• what: I don't begrudge what they might give you, however big the portion.

Present participle complement

• pay: Does she not realize people begrudge paying for something they do not want?
• give: Commitment Would you begrudge giving the extra care and time your mom and her kittens will need?
• spend: Not that I begrudge spending the money, I just don't think I'm getting any value for it.

Modifying Another Word

• n't: Then, even I wo n't begrudge them a small drink for a day's work well done!
• never: I would never begrudge a musician commercial success - it doesn't make her any less of a musician.
• not: We do not begrudge the three mile road to the highway.
• hardly: Anyway, you can hardly begrudge this when you consider the value for money that this package provides.
• really: And tho they're not particularly likeable you can't really begrudge them.
• then: But if this is so, how can I talk so enthusiastically about a tea cup and then begrudge everyone else owning one too?