▪ I. grudging, vbl. n.
(ˈgrʌdʒɪŋ)
[f. grudge v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb grudge: † a. Murmuring, grumbling, complaint. b. Reluctant or unwilling action. c. The cherishing of ill-will, resentment, or envy.
| c 1420 Lydg. Assembly Gods 217 What pyne or greef ye for me prouyde, Without any grogyng I shall hit abyde. 1477 Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 17 b, Holde you content with that, that ought to suffise you, and so ye shal not haue no gruggyng. 1547 Homilies i. Obedience iii. (1859) 115 She gladly, without any excuse or grudging, for conscience sake did take that cold..winter journey. 1587 Golding De Mornay xxiv. (1617) 411 Wherefore languished hee fortie yeers in the wildernesse among a thousand grudgings. 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse 20 Grudging marres charitie. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. ix. viii. §12 The Grudgings which began to grow betwixt Secular Priests and Iesuits. 1712 Steele Spect. No. 268 ¶3 Who without grudging allow whatever is prudent and convenient. 1783 Burke Rep. Affairs India Wks. XI. 50 The export of so much silver was sometimes a subject of grudging and uneasiness in Europe. 1866 Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 321 No appearance of envy or grudging in anybody. 1876 Baroness Bunsen in Hare Life (1879) II. viii. 466 The gift of God is granted without stint or grudging. |
† 2. An access or slight symptom of an approaching illness, or a trace remaining of a previous one; a ‘touch’ (of an ailment, pain, etc.). Obs.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 217/2 Grudgynge of sekenesse, sub⁓murmur. 1548 Recorde Urin. Physick viii. (1651) 46 There goeth with it some spices and grudgings of the Ague. 1588 Dee Diary (Camden) 28, June 19th, I had a grudging of the ague. 1606 Holland Sueton. 251 Some light motions and grudgings of his sicknesse. 1619 Fletcher M. Thomas ii. i, A grudging caus'd by th' alteration Of air, may hang upon me. a 1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary iv. iv, When did you Feel the first grudging on 't? 'tis not broke out In any place. 1672 Dryden 2nd Pt. Conq. Granada iv. iii, The grudging of my ague yet remains. 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 127 As soon as ever any grudging of the Fit a coming is perceived. a 1796 Pegge Derbicisms Ser. ii. 103 (E.D.S.) Grudging, ‘a grudging of pain’, a spice or small degree of it, a tendency to it. |
| fig. 1613 Beaum. & Fl. Honest Man's Fortune v. iii, Now have I A kinde a grudging of a beating on me, I fear my hot fit. |
† 3. Inward disquiet or vexation. (Cf. grudge n. 2.)
| 1450–1530 Myrr. our Ladye 44 Theyre spyrytes ar dryuen from quyetnes of deuocyon into anguysshe & paynefull grudginges. 1601 Dent Pathw. Heaven 242 When such little grudgings are felt in the soule. |
† 4. A secret longing, wish, or inclination. Obs.
| 1625 B. Jonson Staple of N. i. ii, I'd faine be doing some good..I feele a grudging Of bounty, and I would not long lye fallow. 1682 Dryden Medal 58 Ev'n in the most sincere advice he gave He had a grudging still to be a knave. 1694 Congreve Double-Dealer iii. v, Nay, I don't despair; but still she has a grudging to you. |
▪ II. grudging, ppl. a.
(ˈgrʌdʒɪŋ)
[-ing2.]
That grudges; † complaining, repining (obs.); unwilling, reluctant; resentful, envying.
| a 1533 Frith Disput. Purgat. (1829) 119 If I..pay albeit mine heart be never so grudging & evil-willing yet have I fulfilled the law. 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. ii. 19 [In death] his grudging ghost did strive With the fraile flesh. 1634 Milton Comus 725 We should serve him as a grudging master. 1874 Green Short Hist. ix. §4. 629 His industry earned the grudging praise of his enemies. 1889 Jessopp Coming of Friars i. 40 A certain grudging provincialism is observable in the East Anglian character. |