meaning of grudge2
1. 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.
2. To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
3. To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
4. To feel compunction or grief.
5. Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
6. Slight symptom of disease.
7. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a
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