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Definition of grudge verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grudge

verb
 
/ɡrʌdʒ/
 
/ɡrʌdʒ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they grudge
 
/ɡrʌdʒ/
 
/ɡrʌdʒ/
he / she / it grudges
 
/ˈɡrʌdʒɪz/
 
/ˈɡrʌdʒɪz/
past simple grudged
 
/ɡrʌdʒd/
 
/ɡrʌdʒd/
past participle grudged
 
/ɡrʌdʒd/
 
/ɡrʌdʒd/
-ing form grudging
 
/ˈɡrʌdʒɪŋ/
 
/ˈɡrʌdʒɪŋ/
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  1. to do or give something unwillingly synonym begrudge
    • grudge doing something I grudge having to pay so much tax.
    • grudge something He grudges the time he spends travelling to work.
  2. grudge somebody something to think that somebody does not deserve to have something synonym begrudge
    • You surely don't grudge her her success?
    Extra Examples
    • I do not grudge you your victory.
    • She was well aware that Russell grudged her every penny.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: variant of obsolete grutch ‘complain, murmur, grumble’, from Old French grouchier, of unknown origin. Compare with grouch.
See grudge in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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