Grudge

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  • transitive verb. To be reluctant to give or admit.
  • transitive verb. To resent for having; begrudge.
  • noun. A deep-seated feeling of resentment or rancor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To be unwilling or reluctant.
  • To cherish ill-will; bear a grudge.
  • To be sorry; grieve.
  • To murmur; grumble.
  • To envy; wish to deprive of something.
  • To give or permit with reluctance; grant or submit to unwillingly; begrudge.
  • To entertain by way of grudge.
  • To crumble; crunch.
  • To squeeze; press down.
  • noun. Ill-will excited by some special cause, as a personal injury or insult, successful rivalry, etc.; secret enmity; spite.
  • noun. Unwillingness; reluctance.
  • noun. Synonyms Animosity, Ill-will, Enmity, etc. See animosity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
  • intransitive verb. To feel compunction or grief.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To hold or harbor with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
  • noun. Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
  • noun. Slight symptom of disease.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Deep-seated animosity or ill-feeling about something or someone.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
  • verb. accept or admit unwillingly
  • verb. bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
  • Word Usage
    "Carrying sports grudges too far, even if the grudge is against a Democrat (via Power Line)."
    cross-reference
    envy  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bitterness  gall  rancor  rancour  resent  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adjudge  begrudge  budge  drudge  fudge  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    animosity  cordial  curt  feud  grievance  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form