A strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who you feel has treated you badly… The grudge is a curse, born when someone dies in extreme rage or sorrow and lingers where the person dies Those who encounter it will die, and the curse is reborn repeatedly, passing from victim to victim in an endless growing chain of horror. Grudge (against somebody) a feeling of anger or dislike towards somebody because of something bad they have done to you in the past I bear him no grudge He has a grudge against the world
She has harboured a grudge against me for years I don't hold any grudges now He's a man with a grudge. If you have or bear a grudge against someone, you have unfriendly feelings towards them because of something they did in the past. A feeling of ill will or resentment because of some real or fancied wrong To give or permit with reluctance
To resent the good fortune of (another) To feel dissatisfaction or ill will. Grudge, malice, spite refer to ill will held against another or others A grudge is a feeling of resentment harbored because of some real or fancied wrong To hold a grudge because of jealousy She has a grudge against him.
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