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grudge

/ɡɹʌdʒ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to a past misdeed or mistreatment.
  2. To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something).
  3. To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.
  4. To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
  5. To feel compunction or grief.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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