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Definition grudge

Etymology

A variant of grutch (mid 15th-century, younger than begrudge), from Middle English grucchen (“to murmur, complain, feel envy, begrudge”), from Old French grouchier, groucier (“to murmur, grumble”), of Germanic origin, akin to Middle High German grogezen (“to howl, wail”), German grocken (“to croak”). Compare also Old Norse krytja (“to murmur”), Old High German grunzen (“to grunt”).

Noun

grudge (plural grudges)

1. (countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to a past bad deed or mistreatment.

Verb

grudge (third-person singular simple present grudges, present participle grudging, simple past and past participle grudged)

1. To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something). [from 16th c.]
2. (obsolete) To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied. [15th-18th c.]
3. (obsolete) To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
4. (obsolete) To feel compunction or grief.

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