GRUDGED
Verb
grudged
simple past tense and past participle of grudge
Anagrams
• drugged
Source: Wiktionary
GRUDGE
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