Grudging
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- This sigh can represent impatience with his allies' methods, irritation that they're second-guessing him or trying to get him to socialise, or even grudging respect.
Source: Catch Phrase / Comic Books -
Surrounded by Idiots: Blackberry gives this impression when she's trying to direct the bucks' grudging attempts to dig.
Source: Literature / Watership Down - After Alderaan, Tash Arranda is thirteen, only a year older than her brother, but their new guardians are grudging, and she veers between being sisterly and trying to guide and take care of him.
Source: Promotion to Parent
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