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begrudgery

/ bɪˈɡrʌdʒərɪ /

noun

  1. informal,  resentment of any person who has achieved success or wealth

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Of course, the begrudgery and the ambivalence – as well as all the criticism Wurtzel received – is only one side of the story.

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Other than an unbecoming touch of begrudgery, his second coming sounded quite a bit like Mr. Kelly’s.

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High school sports being one of life’s great thrills, and, in New York City, one of its nastiest piranha tanks, the record of Mr. Mandl’s teams has invited no shortage of whispered begrudgery over the years among some of his fellow coaches.

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After hurling, our second national sport is begrudgery, so it was with no small disappointment we realised, in the wake of our victory at the Battle of Bengaluru, that rather than rail against the injustice of it all, our vanquished opponents seemed genuinely pleased for us.

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