grudgingadjective
uk/ˈɡrʌdʒ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡrʌdʒ.ɪŋ/A grudging action or feeling is one that you do or have unwillingly:
She won the grudging respect of her boss.
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Unwilling and reluctant
- arsed
- balk
- baulk
- be blowed if... idiom
- be in no mood for sth/to do sth idiom
- begrudge
- deign
- disinclination
- disinclined
- disobliging
- drag your heels/feet idiom
- fag
- jib
- not have the stomach for sth idiom
- rather you than me idiom
- reluctance
- reluctant
- shagged
- sticky
- stomach
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grudgingly
adverb uk/ˈɡrʌdʒ.ɪŋ.li/us/ˈɡrʌdʒ.ɪŋ.li/
She grudgingly (= unwillingly) admitted that she had been wrong to criticize him.