grudge
noun
[ ɡrʌdʒ ]
• a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury.
• "I've never been one to hold a grudge"
Similar:
grievance,
resentment,
bitterness,
rancour,
pique,
umbrage,
displeasure,
dissatisfaction,
disgruntlement,
bad feelings,
hard feelings,
ill feelings,
ill will,
venom,
hate,
hatred,
dislike,
aversion,
animosity,
antipathy,
antagonism,
enmity,
animus,
a chip on one's shoulder,
grudge
verb
• be resentfully unwilling to give or allow (something).
• "he grudged the work and time that the meeting involved"
Similar:
begrudge,
resent,
feel aggrieved/bitter about,
be annoyed about,
be angry about,
be displeased about,
be resentful of,
mind,
object to,
take exception to,
regret,
give unwillingly,
give reluctantly,
give resentfully,
give stintingly,
Origin:
late Middle English: variant of obsolete grutch ‘complain, murmur, grumble’, from Old French grouchier, of unknown origin. Compare with grouch.
