grudging

[US]/ˈgrʌdʒɪŋ/
[UK]/'ɡrʌdʒɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. vastahakoinen; haluton.

Phrases & Collocations

grudging acceptance

kärsimätön hyväksyntä

Example Sentences

Oliver was grudging about accepting Wickham's innocence.

Oliver oli vastahakoinen hyväksymään Wickhamin syyttömyyden.

She was very grudging in her thanks.

Hän oli hyvin vastahakoinen kiittäessään.

He felt a grudging respect for her talents as an organizer.

Hän tunsi vastahakoisen kunnioituksen hänen kykyjään järjestäjänä kohtaan.

loathe, pertinacious, impenitent, refractory, obstinate, grudging, obdurate, mutinous, recalcitrant.

loathe, pertinacious, impenitent, refractory, obstinate, vastahakoinen, obdurate, mutinous, recalcitrant.

Will the adjective this time be grudging or admiring, cynical or affirmative, upwardly mythopoeic or downwardly Mammonite?

Tuleeko adjektiivi tällä kertaa halveksiva vai ihailija, kyyninen vai myönteinen, ylöspäin mytologinen vai alaspäin Mammoninen?

Virulently opposed by most of the continent's media, Chávez receives the grudging respect of most of the region's governments.

Suurin osa mantereen medialta voimakkaasti vastustettu, Chávez saa useimpien alueen hallitusten vastahakoisen kunnioituksen.

Real-world Examples

After a pause he added 'sir' in a dilatory, grudging way.

Source: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

" As you say, Khaleesi" . Ser Jorah's voice was grudging.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

He gave the rope another wrench. Buckbeak broke into a grudging trot.

Source: 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“He was born to be prime minister, ”even grudging admirers say.”Voters agree.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

" So she is" . His tone was grudging. " Let me think on it" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

Well, she may be ugly but she's not entirely stupid. Jaime gave her a grudging smile.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

I'd given one man and thought it too much, while he gave four without grudging them.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

Some countries, like Sweden and Germany, accept a lot of refugees, many others, including Britain, are grudging.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The queen considered her prize, unflinching. " You've killed the wrong dwarf, " she said at last, grudging every word.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

Being poor white, they were not even accorded the grudging respect that Angus MacIntosh's dour independence wrung from neighboring families.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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