See Also: Grudge(medicine)
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grudge 1, noun(dictionary)
grudge 2, verb(dictionary)

grudge(1) (iou)



grudge noun. LME.
[from GRUDGE verb or var. of GRUTCH noun.]
Discontent, complaint, grumbling, reluctance. LME-E17.
Uneasiness of the conscience or mind; doubt, misgiving; an instance of this. Long obsolete exc. Scot. L15.
Orig., ill will or resentment due to some special cause. Now only, a particular, esp. enduring, instance of such resentment. (Foll. by against.) L15.
P. Bowles Adelkader was very sorry to hear of his death. He bore him no grudge, you know. A. S. Neill If..a man succeeds in sending a reluctant wife to be analysed, she quite naturally goes with a grudge. D. Jacobson Say it was a grudge I had against all David's children for having so many advantages over me. D. Nobbs She wasn't one to hold a grudge just because you had called her mother a hippopotamus.
Injury, injurious influence or effect. rare. L15-M17.
Comb.: grudge fight a fight based on personal antipathy.
grudgeful adjective (rare) resentful L16.