begrudge

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verb (used with object), be·grudged, be·grudg·ing.

to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award.

to be reluctant to give, grant, or allow: She did not begrudge the money spent on her children's education.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English bigrucchen. See be-, grudge

Related forms

be·grudg·ing·ly, adverb

un·be·grudged, adjective

Can be confused: begrudge, regret, resent (see synonym study at regret).

Synonyms
1. See envy.

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begrudge (bɪˈɡrʌdʒ)

—vb
1.	to give, admit, or allow unwillingly or with a bad grace
2.	to envy (someone) the possession of (something)

be'grudgingly

—*adv*

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Begrudge is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.