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grudgeful

/ˈɡɹʌd͡ʒfəl/

grudgeful adjective: full of grudge.

Adjective

grudgeful (comparative more grudgeful, superlative most grudgeful)

  1. Full of grudge.
    • [T]he Hag did ſcold / And rayle at them vvith grudgefull diſcontent, / For lodging there vvithout her ovvne conſent: […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IIII, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 28, page 116

Forms of grudgeful

comparativemore grudgeful
superlativemost grudgeful

Origin of grudgeful

From grudge + -ful.

Words formed from grudgeful

Questions about grudgeful

What does grudgeful mean?
Grudgeful means full of grudge.
What part of speech is grudgeful?
Grudgeful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce grudgeful?
Grudgeful is pronounced /ˈɡɹʌd͡ʒfəl/.

Words near grudgeful in the dictionary

  1. Gruby-Sabouraud disease
  2. grudge
  3. grudge match
  4. grudge matches
  5. grudged
  6. grudgeful
  7. grudgefully
  8. grudgeholder
  9. grudgeholders
  10. grudgeless
  11. grudgelessness

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