If you tend to hold a grudge, you don't let it go when you feel someone's insulted or wronged you. I hope you won't hold a grudge against me for bringing it up.
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.
Noun
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"
Verb
accept or admit unwillingly
Verb
bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose;
to cherish enviously.
v. i.
To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to
murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
v. i.
To feel compunction or grief.
n.
Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or
dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
n.
Slight symptom of disease.
Grudge
Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train.
I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments.
They have grudged us contribution.2.
Perish they That grudge one thought against your majesty !
Grudge
Grudge not one against another.
He eats his meat without grudging.2.
Grudge
Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and eumity against hie brother Jacob.
The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge.2.
Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling againat the grudges of more dreaded calamities.
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 be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
Usage Examples
I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God.
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Other Usage ExamplesGrudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome .
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