grudge
/ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/
grudge noun: deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.
Noun
grudge (plural grudges)
- Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.
- to have, hold, owe or bear a grudge against someone
- Bag. And if I do not my good Lord damme me for it
I haue an old grudge at him cole black curre,1607, Barnabe Barnes, THE DIVILS CHARTER: A TRAGÆDIE Conteining the Life and Death of Pope Alexander the ſixt, ACTVS. 5, SCÆ. 1
- Synonyms:
- rancor, spite, resentment
Verb
grudge (third-person singular simple present grudges, present participle grudging, simple past and past participle grudged)
- To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something).
- Wee shall finde our whole life so necessarily ioyned with sorrow, that we ought rather delight (and take pleasure) in Gods louing chastisements, and admonitions, then any way murmure and grudge at our crosses, or tribulations :1608, Henrie Gosson, The Woefull and Lamentable wast and spoile done by a suddaine Fire in S. Edmonds-bury in Suffolke, on Munday the tenth of Aprill. 1608., reprinted by F. Pawsey, Old Butter...
- If we of the central land were to grudge you what is beneficial, and not to compassionate your wants, then wherewithal could you foreigners manage to exist?1841, Edmund Burke, The Annual Register, Rivingtons, page 430
- To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.
- And the pharises, and scribes grudged sainge: He receaveth to his company synners [...].1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke
- To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
- Perish they / That grudge one thought against your majesty!1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
grudge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
grudge in Hindi
- deep seated animosity
- डाह ḍāh
grudge in Tamil
- மனவெறுப்பு, வன்மம்
grudge in Urdu
- بیر, بخل, غبار, حسد, خار, کینہ
grudge in Bengali
- grudge; malice; wrath; ill-feeling
- আখেজ akhez
More languagesFewer languages
- grudge in Telugu
- పగ paga
- grudge in Malayalam
- കൊടുക്കുന്നതിലുള്ള മടി, അസൂയ, പൂർവ്വവിരോധം, രഹസ്യവിരോധം
- grudge in Kannada
- ಜಿದ್ದು, ಛಲ, ದ್ವೇಷ, ವಿರೋಧ
- grudge in Odia
- ରଞ୍ଜ୍ rañj
- grudge in Sanskrit
- असूया asūyā
- grudge in Tagalog
- hinanakit
- grudge in Arabic
- بُغْض buḡḍ, ضَغِينَة ḍaḡīna
- grudge in Malay
- dendam
- grudge in Myanmar
- အာဃာတ aghata.
Examples of grudge in a sentence
- I have never mentioned it to a human creature; I have kept my grudge to myself.1877 March, Henry James, Jr., chapter XXII, in The American, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, […], published 5 May 1877...
- Of course, his interest in the war and in the regiment was unbounded; he did not take to drill with especial readiness, but he was insatiable of it, and grudged every moment of relaxation.1869, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Army Life in a Black Regiment, Fields, Osgood, & Co., page 62:
- I've never seen such people for borrowing and lending; there was dough changing hands in all directions, and nobody grudged anyone.1953 September 18, Saul Bellow, chapter III, in The Adventures of Augie March […], New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC:
Synonyms of grudge
Forms of grudge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | grudges |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | grudges |
| present participle | grudging |
| past participle | grudged |
| past | grudged |
Origin of grudge
A variant of grutch (mid 15th-century, younger than begrudge), from Middle English grucchen (“to murmur, complain, feel envy, begrudge”), from Old French grouchier, groucier (“to murmur, grumble”), of Germanic origin, probably ultimately imitative. Akin to Middle High German grogezen (“to howl, wail”), German grocken (“to croak”). Compare also Old Norse krytja (“to murmur”), Old High German grunzen (“to grunt”).
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Questions about grudge
- What does grudge mean?
- Grudge means deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.
- What is grudge in Hindi?
- Grudge in Hindi is डाह (ḍāh). See Grudge meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use grudge in a sentence?
- I have never mentioned it to a human creature; I have kept my grudge to myself.
- What part of speech is grudge?
- Grudge can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce grudge?
- Grudge is pronounced /ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of grudge?
- The plural of grudge is grudges.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grudge (page history and authors); grudge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grudge (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আখেজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); grudge (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grudge (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ରଞ୍ଜ୍ (Odia) (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.
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