grudged
/ɡɹʌd͡ʒd/
grudged is the simple past and past participle of grudge.
Meaning of grudge
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...
- 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]...
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Questions about grudged
- What is grudged the simple past and past participle of?
- Grudged is the simple past and past participle of grudge.
- How do you pronounce grudged?
- Grudged is pronounced /ɡɹʌd͡ʒd/.
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