Grudging and Spite

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Grudging adjective - Petty or reluctant in giving or spending.

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Spite and grudging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spite" instead a noun "Grudging".

Nearby Words: grudge, grudgingly, grudged

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

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Grudging and spite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grudging" instead a noun "Spite".

Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting

This was in spite of Activision having done this numerous times before, to no complaint from artists and — at best — mild grudging from fans.

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