grudge

[gruhj] /grʌdʒ/
noun
1.
a feeling of ill will or resentment:
to hold a grudge against a former opponent.
adjective
2.
done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge:
The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
verb (used with object), grudged, grudging.
3.
to give or permit with reluctance; submit to unwillingly:
The other team grudged us every point we scored.
4.
to resent the good fortune of (another); begrudge.
verb (used without object), grudged, grudging.
5.
Obsolete. to feel dissatisfaction or ill will.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English grudgen, gruggen, variant of gruchen < Old French gro(u)c(h)ier < Germanic; compare Middle High German grogezen to complain, cry out
Related forms
grudgeless, adjective
grudger, noun
ungrudged, adjective
Synonyms
1. bitterness, rancor, malevolence, enmity, hatred. Grudge, malice, spite refer to ill will held against another or others. A grudge is a feeling of resentment harbored because of some real or fancied wrong: to hold a grudge because of jealousy; She has a grudge against him. Malice is the state of mind that delights in doing harm, or seeing harm done, to others, whether expressing itself in an attempt seriously to injure or merely in sardonic humor: malice in watching someone's embarrassment; to tell lies about someone out of malice. Spite is petty, and often sudden, resentment that manifests itself usually in trifling retaliations: to reveal a secret out of spite. 4. envy.
Examples from the web for grudge
  • Choose not to nurse a grudge or to seek revenge.
  • But holding a grudge will only make things worse.
  • Assuming the crime is merely one born of an old grudge, Kai doesn't take it too seriously.
  • Injustices in the name of justice create in their victims a lasting grudge against society.
  • For some reason you have an axe to grind (that means a grudge).
  • But he says he has no grudge against the country itself.
  • Thai politics is becoming a grudge match.
  • Buck, however, holds an unexplained grudge against Peter and convinces doctors to commit him to a psychiatric hospital.
  • It wasn't a grudge match to me.
  • It is not that I grudge the boon to thee.
British Dictionary definitions for grudge

grudge

/ɡrʌdʒ/
noun
1.
a persistent feeling of resentment, esp one due to some cause, such as an insult or injury
2.
(modifier) planned or carried out in order to settle a grudge: a grudge fight
verb
3.
(transitive) to give or allow unwillingly
4.
to feel resentful or envious about (someone else's success, possessions, etc)
Derived Forms
grudgeless, adjective
grudger, noun
grudging, adjective
grudgingly, adverb
Word Origin
C15: from Old French grouchier to grumble, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old High German grunnizōn to grunt
Word Origin and History for grudge
v.

mid-15c., "to murmur, complain," variant of grutch. Meaning "to begrudge" is c.1500. Related: Grudged; grudges; grudging; grudgingly. The noun is mid-15c., from the verb.

Idioms and Phrases with grudge

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