Definition of Grudge

Pronunciation: grŭj
v. t.1.To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; - followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects.
[imp. & p. p. Grudger ; p. pr. & vb. n. Grudging.]
Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train.
- Shak.
I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments.
- Swift.
They have grudged us contribution.
- Shak.
2.To hold or harbor with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
Perish they
That grudge one thought against your majesty !
- Shak.
v. i.1.To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
Grudge not one against another.
- James v. 9.
He eats his meat without grudging.
- Shak.
2.To feel compunction or grief.
n.1.Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and enmity against his brother Jacob.
- South.
The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge.
- I. Taylor.
2.Slight symptom of disease.
Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling against the grudges of more dreaded calamities.
- Milton.


Related Words

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