Definition of "grudged" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of grudge. (verb)

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• "It is a measure of the president's continued pulling power that the Europeans, who have seemingly grudged every extra pair of boots the NATO secretary general has persuaded them to dispatch up until now, are to stump up around 7,000 additional troops for the war in Afghanistan alongside the 30,000 more committed by a president who has now more than doubled the U.S. contingent there."
• "He grudged every moment of life sleep robbed him of, and before the clock had ceased its clattering he was head and ears in the washbasin and thrilling to the cold bite of the water."
• "Further, she threatened, in case Dick grudged these personal diversions, to fill the house with guests and teach him what liveliness was."