grudge
a feeling of ill will or resentment: to hold a grudge against a former opponent.
done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
to give or permit with reluctance; submit to unwillingly: The other team grudged us every point we scored.
to resent the good fortune of (another); begrudge: A lot of people grudge those billionaires all that money.
Obsolete. to feel dissatisfaction or ill will.
Origin of grudge
1synonym study For grudge
Other words for grudge
Other words from grudge
- grudgeless, adjective
- grudger, noun
- un·grudged, adjective
Words Nearby grudge
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How to use grudge in a sentence
It would be good for the girls to see, too, that you can respect their decision fully and still not carry their grudges into the adult friendships.
Carolyn Hax: What if your daughter and her BFF were really just BFs? | Carolyn Hax | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostAn eagerness to promote short-term grievances into long-term grudges is detrimental to family harmony.
Miss Manners: I feel robbed of my potluck wedding | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostAh, the holiday spirit — and its many ways to bear a grudge.
Miss Manners: Who calls whom? Who cares? Just pick up the phone. | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostHis stories did what many big-city columnists’ stories have done over the decades, grinding axes and nursing grudges.
A divisive Jets reporter, accused of bullying, loses his place on the beat | Ben Strauss | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostI’m not going to sit here and carry a grudge just because people expect me to carry it.
Trent Williams says he won’t carry grudge into Sunday’s game against ex-Washington teammates | Les Carpenter | December 11, 2020 | Washington Post
We Micks only hold a grudge about such things for 300 years or so.
Up to a Point: A Free Scotland Would Be a Hilarious Disaster | P. J. O’Rourke | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne nabob even seems to have commandeered the challenge to reignite an old grudge.
#IceBucketChallenge Wisdom From 'Jackass' Steve-O | Kevin Zawacki | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf course, this theory makes sense as the answer to a question like, “Why is Solange holding a grudge against Jay Z?”
Solange Is Blue Ivy’s Mom and Other Crazy Conspiracy Theories | Kevin Fallon | May 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I meant it less as you holding a grudge and more as… Of course I had to register the protest.
Steve Coogan Makes His Bid For Some Serious, Dramatic Roles | Andrew Romano | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTConsider what The Ring, The grudge, Dark Water, Pulse, and a slew of other horror remakes have to add.
This would be an awful blow to us out here, would be a sign that Providence had some grudge against the Dardanelles.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonIt was miserable economy indeed to grudge a reward of a few thousands to one who had made the State richer by millions.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayI grudge no trouble in the duty that Providence has forced upon me of superintending the lives of any of my girls.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsIn any case, after the first hours of bitterness, Tchaikovsky bore no grudge against the faithless lady.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyNow he had a new grudge against Louis de Valmont; to the sins of the master had been added those of the men.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
British Dictionary definitions for grudge
/ (ɡrʌdʒ) /
a persistent feeling of resentment, esp one due to some cause, such as an insult or injury
(modifier) planned or carried out in order to settle a grudge: a grudge fight
(tr) to give or allow unwillingly
to feel resentful or envious about (someone else's success, possessions, etc)
Origin of grudge
1Derived forms of grudge
- grudgeless, adjective
- grudger, noun
- grudging, adjective
- grudgingly, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with grudge
see bear a grudge; nurse a grudge.
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