bear a grudge
bear a grudge verb: synonym of hold a grudge.
Verb
bear a grudge (third-person singular simple present bears a grudge, present participle bearing a grudge, simple past bore a grudge, past participle borne a grudge)
- Synonym of hold a grudge.
- Barlow, 73, bears no grudge that she spent decades being neglected by both commercial and public galleries.2017 May 10, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “Phyllida Barlow: I couldn't have coped if fame had come 20 years ago”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- hold a grudge
Synonyms of bear a grudge
Forms of bear a grudge
| third-person singular present | bears a grudge |
|---|---|
| present participle | bearing a grudge |
| past | bore a grudge |
| past participle | borne a grudge |
Questions about bear a grudge
- What does bear a grudge mean?
- Bear a grudge means synonym of hold a grudge.
- What part of speech is bear a grudge?
- Bear a grudge is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bear a grudge?
- The past tense of bear a grudge is bore a grudge.
Words near bear a grudge in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bear a grudge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “bear a grudge.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/bear_a_grudge. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.