GRUDGE

grudge, score, grievance

(noun) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; “holding a grudge”; “settling a score”

grudge

(verb) accept or admit unwillingly

stew, grudge

(verb) bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

grudge (plural grudges)

(countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to a past misdeed or mistreatment.

Verb

grudge (third-person singular simple present grudges, present participle grudging, simple past and past participle grudged)

To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something). [from 16th c.]

(obsolete) To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied. [15th-18th c.]

(obsolete) To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.

(obsolete) To feel compunction or grief.

Anagrams

• Dugger, Gudger, gurged, rugged

Source: Wiktionary

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Grudge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grudger; p. pr. & vb. n. Grudging.] Etym: [OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.]

1. To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects. Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train. Shak. I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments. Swift. They have grudged us contribution. Shak.

2. To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously. [Obs.] Perish they That grudge one thought against your majesty ! Shak.

Grudge, v. i.

1. To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant. Grudge not one against another. James v. 9. He eats his meat without grudging. Shak.

2. To feel compunction or grief. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.

Grudge, n.

1. Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel. Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and eumity against hie brother Jacob. South. The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge. I. Taylor.

2. Slight symptom of disease. [Obs.] Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling againat the grudges of more dreaded calamities. Milton.

Syn.

– Pique; aversion; dislike; ill will; hatred; spite. See Pique.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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