I. ˈgrəj verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English gruggen, grudgen, alteration of grucchen, grutchen, from Old French grucier, groucier, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German grogezen to howl, lament
intransitive verb
: complain , grumble
let us have parties and our friends in, and never grudged — Rose Macaulay
transitive verb
: to be unwilling to give or allow or to give or allow with reluctance or with resentment : begrudge
grudges you every morsel of food you eat — William Thornton
surely you do not grudge him his superiority — G.B.Shaw
you come to grudge even the sun for shining — Virginia Woolf
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English grugge, from gruggen, v.
: a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will
personal enemies against whom one has a grudge — R.F.Barton
held no grudge against any … who had misused him — Willa Cather
a grudge fence
as we had never liked each other our collision would have elements of a grudge match — A.W.Turnbull
fiction's grudge fights and revenges — Bernard De Voto
Synonyms: see malice