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   grudge

   /ɡrʌdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury: "I've never been one to hold a grudge"

   verb

   • 1. be resentfully unwilling to give or allow (something): "he grudged the work and time that the meeting involved" Similar begrudgeresentfeel aggrieved/bitter aboutbe annoyed aboutbe angry aboutbe displeased aboutbe resentful ofmindobject totake exception toregretgive unwillinglygive reluctantlygive resentfullygive stintingly
   • ▪ feel resentful that (someone) has achieved (something): "I don't grudge him his moment of triumph" Similar envybegrudgeresentmindbe jealous ofbe envious ofbe resentful of

   Word Origin late Middle English: variant of obsolete grutch ‘complain, murmur, grumble’, from Old French grouchier, of unknown origin. Compare with grouch.

   Derivatives

   • 1. grudger noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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