Definitions for grudge
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. grudge, score, grievance(verb)

   a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

   "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"

2. stew, grudge(verb)

   bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

3. grudge(verb)

   accept or admit unwillingly

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. grudge(Noun)

   Deep-seated animosity or ill-feeling about something or someone.

2. grudge(Verb)

   To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.

3. grudge(Verb)

   To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grudge(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.]

2. Grudge(verb)

   to hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously

   Etymology: [OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.]

3. Grudge(verb)

   to be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant

   Etymology: [OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.]

4. Grudge(verb)

   to feel compunction or grief

   Etymology: [OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.]

5. Grudge(noun)

   sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel

   Etymology: [OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.]

6. Grudge(noun)

   slight symptom of disease

   Etymology: [OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grudge

   gruj, v.t. to murmur at: to look upon with envy: to give or take unwillingly.—v.i. to show discontent.—n. secret enmity or envy: an old cause of quarrel.—adjs. Grudge′ful (Spens.), full of grudge, envious; Grudg′ing, given to grudge.—adv. Grudg′ingly, unwillingly. [M. E. grochen, grucchen—O. Fr. grocer, groucer, from an imitative root seen in Gr. gry, the grunt of a pig; also in growl, grunt.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grudge in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grudge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of grudge in a Sentence

1. Steve Tsang:

   We have not heard of any real personal grudge that Xi Jinping would have against Ling Jihua.

2. Hesiod:

   Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.

3. Aesop:

   People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

4. Maria Martinez:

   The Lord Jesus Christ is a part of my life, and there's no grudges. People are human people do make mistakes. but what touches me is when the DA got behind me and stamped me... and proved me innocent -- so what grudge ?

5. Nigel Farage:

   I think Obama bears a bit of a grudge against this country.

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