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Definition of Grudge
Grudge

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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Grudge Quotations

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Aesop

I guess The Grudge made over $100 million, but none of them had long legs after they came out but they all opened up and found an audience. If you could make those movies for a price, which is what I want to do with Spawn, then you could have some success.
Todd McFarlane

In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.
Bob Dylan

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.
Hesiod

Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way.
O. Henry

Grudge Translations

grudge in French is rancune
grudge in German is Groll, beneiden
grudge in Italian is invidiare
grudge in Norwegian is uvilje, nag, misunne
grudge in Spanish is rencor
grudge in Swedish is missunna, agg, agg, missunna


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