grudge

Meaning

Noun

Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.

Verb

1. To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something).
2. (obsolete) To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.
3. (obsolete) To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.

Synonyms

resentment

envy

malice

spite

enmity

hatred

rancour

grievance

rancor

stingy

begrudge

bitterness

animosity

hate

😡

resent

jealousy

stew

🍲

score

stint

malevolence

be unwilling to pay

grumble

grudge parting with

discontent

pique

feud

skimp

anger

💢

hold back

be stingy

ill will

revenge

unforgiveness

lie

deceive

heart-burning

feel grudgingly towards

amarulence

ranklement

resentiment

embitteredness

bear

🐻

blacklist

bugbear

complaint

covetousness

dislike

displeasure

dissatisfaction

down

Translations

rancune

Groll

rancore

Hass

rencor

invidiare

rancune

wrok

risentimento

rancor

haine

kin

missgönnen

rancœur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: grucchen

Cognate with Middle High German: grogezen

Cognate with German: grocken

In summary

A variant of grutch (mid 15th-century, younger than begrudge), from Middle English grucchen (“to murmur, complain, feel envy, begrudge”), from Old French grouchier, groucier (“to murmur, grumble”), of Germanic origin, probably ultimately imitative.
Akin to Middle High German grogezen (“to howl, wail”), German grocken (“to croak”). Compare also Old Norse krytja (“to murmur”), Old High German grunzen (“to grunt”).