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What (who) is grudge - definition
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The Grudge (disambiguation); Grudge (disambiguation); Grudges; Grudge (film)
Grudge
·noun Slight symptom of disease.
II. Grudge ·vi To feel compunction or grief.
III. Grudge ·vt To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
IV. Grudge ·noun Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
V. Grudge ·vi To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to Murmur; to Complain; to Repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
VI. Grudge ·vt 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.
grudge
I. v. a.
1.
Grant with reluctance, give unwillingly.
2.
Envy, begrudge, repine at, see with discontent.
II. v. a.
1.
Be reluctant, be unwilling.
2.
Repine, murmur, grieve, complain.
3.
Be envious, feel envy, cherish ill-will.
III. n.
Hatred (secretly and persistently entertained), pique, spite, malice, rancor, malevolence, ill-will, inveterate dislike, sullen malice, secret hate, concealed enmity.
grudge
¦ noun a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury.
¦ verb
1. be resentfully unwilling to grant or allow (something).
2. feel resentful that (someone) has achieved (something): I don't grudge him his moment of triumph.
Derivatives
grudger noun
grudging adjective
grudgingly adverb
grudgingness noun
Origin
ME: var. of obs. grutch 'complain, murmur', from OFr. grouchier, of unknown origin; cf. grouch.
Examples of use of grudge
1. Bomber has gone from personal grudge to higher profile campaign Is a motorist with a grudge behind postal bomb attacks?
2. But here in Turkey, a personal grudge fuels the resentment.
3. Larsson‘s parting gift to Fergie in return grudge match 5.
4. Bearing a grudge over that legacy is not merely understandable.
5. Is a motorist with a grudge behind postal bomb attacks?