"grudge" Definition

Definitions for the word "grudge" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To feel compunction or grief.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Slight symptom of disease.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Persistent feeling of ill will or resentment. v. (-ging) 1 be resentfully unwilling to give or allow. 2 (foll. By verbal noun or to + infin.) Be reluctant to do. [french]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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