Dictionary Entry
grudge
grudge is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses
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- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
- 3intransitive verb
To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
- 4intransitive verb
To feel compunction or grief.
- 5noun
Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
- 6noun
Slight symptom of disease.
- 7noun
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
"holding a grudge"
"settling a score"
- 8verb
accept or admit unwillingly
- 9verb
bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
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