Grudge

Quick meaning: Grudge is a noun meaning (countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something).
2. (obsolete) To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.
3. (obsolete) To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.

Example Sentences

to have, hold, owe or bear a grudge against someone

Bag. And if I do not my good Lord damme me for it I haue an old grudge at him cole black curre,

I have never mentioned it to a human creature; I have kept my grudge to myself. I daresay I have been wicked, but my grudge has grown old with me.

If we of the central land were to grudge you what is beneficial, and not to compassionate your wants, then wherewithal could you foreigners manage to exist?

Word Forms

• grudges
• grudging
• grudged

Synonyms for grudge

Depending on context, synonyms include rancor, spite, resentment, score, grievance, stew.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grievance, score, stew, resentment, spite, envy.

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