grudge
Speech parts
1. grudge - Noun
2. grudge - Verb
Meaning
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.
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People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
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.
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.
An old debt is better than an old grudge.
When you bear a grudge, your child will also bear a grudge.
It is a surprise that the cock should hold a grudge against the pot, instead of the knife that killed it.