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grudgery

grudgery noun: deep-seated animosity or ill-feeling about something or someone, maintained over a long period of time; the experience of maintaining such sentiments.

Noun

grudgery (plural grudgeries)

  1. (countable) Deep-seated animosity or ill-feeling about something or someone, maintained over a long period of time; the experience of maintaining such sentiments.

Forms of grudgery

pluralgrudgeries

Origin of grudgery

From grudge + -ery.

Questions about grudgery

What does grudgery mean?
Grudgery means deep-seated animosity or ill-feeling about something or someone, maintained over a long period of time; the experience of maintaining such sentiments.
What part of speech is grudgery?
Grudgery is a noun.
What is the plural of grudgery?
The plural of grudgery is grudgeries.

Words near grudgery in the dictionary

  1. grudgement
  2. grudgements
  3. grudger
  4. grudgeries
  5. grudgers
  6. grudgery
  7. grudges
  8. grudgesome
  9. grudgier
  10. grudgiest
  11. grudginess

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