grudgenoun [ C ]
uk/ɡrʌdʒ/us/ɡrʌdʒ/a strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who you feel has treated you badly, especially one that lasts for a long time:
I don't bear any grudge against you.
Amanda still has/holds a grudge against me for refusing to lend her that money.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anger and displeasure
- acrimonious
- anger
- animus
- annoyance
- bad feeling
- flap
- fuss
- get the hump idiom
- gorge
- grit
- grit your teeth idiom
- hard feelings idiom
- hissy fit
- irritation
- resent
- resentful
- slow burn
- sour grapes idiom
- spite
- tantrum
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grudgeverb [ T ]
uk/ɡrʌdʒ/us/ɡrʌdʒ/also begrudge to not want to spend time or money on someone or something, or to not want to give something to someone:
She grudged every hour she spent helping him.
also begrudge to think that someone does not deserve something good that they have:
[ + two objects ] I don't grudge you your holiday, it's just that you've chosen a bad time to go.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unwilling and reluctant
- arsed
- balk
- baulk
- be blowed if... idiom
- be in no mood for sth/to do sth idiom
- begrudge
- deign
- disinclination
- disinclined
- disobliging
- drag your heels/feet idiom
- fag
- jib
- not have the stomach for sth idiom
- rather you than me idiom
- reluctance
- reluctant
- shagged
- sticky
- stomach
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