1. grudge - Noun
2. 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.
To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
To feel compunction or grief.
Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
Slight symptom of disease.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPeople often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves. Aesop
My brief stay at the hospital had already convinced me that the medical profession was an open door to anyone nursing a grudge against the human race. J. G. Ballard
Then welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand, but go Be our joys three-parts pain Strive, and hold cheap the strain Learn, nor account the pang dare, never grudge the throe. Robert Browning
An old debt is better than an old grudge. Jamaican Proverb
When you bear a grudge, your child will also bear a grudge. Rwandan Proverb
It is a surprise that the cock should hold a grudge against the pot, instead of the knife that killed it. African Proverb