grudge
[verb]
Synonyms:
- resent, begrudge, complain, covet, envy, mind
[noun]
Synonyms:
- resentment, animosity, antipathy, bitterness, dislike, enmity, grievance, rancour

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Related Words: deny, refuse, grievance, injury, injustice

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. grudge¹ /ɡrʌdʒ/ noun [countable]

1. a feeling of dislike for someone because you cannot forget that they harmed you in the past
grudge against
Is there anyone who might have had a grudge against her?
Mr Gillis was not normally a man to bear grudges.
I’m not harbouring some secret grudge against you.
It could be the work of someone with a grudge against the company.
You let nasty little personal grudges creep in.

2. grudge fight/match a fight or sports competition between two people who dislike each other a lot

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. grudge² verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: grouchier; ⇒ grouch¹]
to do or give something very unwillingly
grudge doing something
I really grudge paying for poor service.
grudge somebody something
I don’t grudge him his success.
—grudging adjective [usually before noun]:
a grudging apology
—grudgingly adverb:
He grudgingly admitted he’d been wrong.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

grudge
noun
ADJ. long-standing, old It's time to forget old grudges.
personal
VERB + GRUDGE bear, harbour, have, hold, nurse I don't hold grudges for very long.
PREP. ~ against Do you know anyone who might harbour a grudge against you?

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

grudge

have/hold a grudge
The police asked if anyone might have had a grudge against the victim.
bear/carry a grudge
Wallace said the rumors had been started by someone who bore a grudge against him.
harbour a grudge (=to have a grudge for a long time)
He was the sort of person to harbour a grudge for years.
nurse a grudge (=to have a grudge and keep finding reasons for it)
She was still nursing a grudge against her grandfather.
a personal grudge
It is known that Ibarra had a personal grudge against Arellanos.
an old/ancient/long-standing grudge
He said they should celebrate their achievements, not nurse old grudges.
bear/hold etc no grudge
He insisted that he held no grudge against Taylor.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

grudge
ɡrʌdʒ
See: nurse a grudge

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲