Grudge

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.

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