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

Definitions

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

   "holding a grudge"

   "settling a score"

   Synonyms: grievance, score

8. verb. accept or admit unwillingly
9. verb. bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

   Synonyms: stew

Synonyms

grievance, score, stew

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in grudge:

drugge, gurged, rugged

Common word forms

grudged, grudger, grudges, grudging, grudgeful, grudgeless

Words from these letters

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