begrudgery

== English == === Etymology === From begrudge +‎ -ery. === Noun === begrudgery (uncountable) (Ireland) resentment or envy of the success of a peer; criticism of ostentatious display of success. 1998 Nina Witoszek, Patrick F. Sheeran, "The Tradition of Vernacular Hatred" in Talking to the Dead: A Study of Irish Funerary Traditions (Costerus New Series, Vol.117, p.114): Joseph Lee's Ireland 1912-1985 seems to confirm the intuition of the writers in presenting an Ireland in which an alarming political and economic retardation was linked to begrudgery, "a deadly alloy of envy, jealousy and spite". ==== Synonyms ==== tall poppy syndrome ==== Related terms ==== begrudger