EGAVE

grudge

About 1.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.
    to have, hold, owe or bear a grudge against someone
  2. verb To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. verb To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.
  4. verb To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
  5. verb ↑ Noah Webster (1828), “grudge”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.

Similar words

grievance score stew resentment spite envy malice hatred hate bitterness

Often followed by

against the to for and him it or me

Word family

grudged grudger grudgers grudges grudging

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