брезговать

• бре́згать (brézgatʹ) — more standard

Perhaps from бре́згать (brézgatʹ) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrʲezɡəvətʲ]

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бре́зговать • (brézgovatʹ) impf (perfective побре́зговать)

1. to be fastidious/squeamish (about)

   он бре́згует пить из чужо́го стака́на ― on brézgujet pitʹ iz čužóvo stakána ― he is squeamish about drinking out of someone else's glass; it disgusts him to drink out of someone else's glass

2. (usually negative) to disdain, to shrink (from)

   он не бре́згует никаки́ми сре́дствами ― on ne brézgujet nikakími srédstvami ― he does not scruple/disdain to use any means; he is not squeamish/fastidious about any means he uses

• брезгли́вый (brezglívyj), брезгли́вость (brezglívostʹ)