grudge
noun
a feeling of ill will or resentment.
grudged
Example Sentences
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Already during a visit to United States in 1906, he voiced his esteem for Black Americans struggling to live dignified lives within “a civilization they are grudged and denied.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021
“There will be some grudging specifics about medical personnel in attendance,” grudged Jan Moir in the Daily Mail, “bouncing baby weight and the actual date of birth – then the shutters will slam down.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2019
Yet on the balance of play, few could have grudged St Mirren a replay; they harried and hassled Celtic, with Lee Mair passing up a glorious stoppage time chance to claim a draw.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2013
All of them grudged the favors their mother gave Yeshu as her eldest child; he was only half their brother.
From Time Magazine Archive
But I grudged Ira nothing: had I not saved from the day of her birth so that she should marry well?
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
