grudged; grudging
: to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully
didn't grudge the time
grudger
noun
: a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will
held no grudge against those who mistreated him
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Examples of grudge in a Sentence
Verb
I don't grudge paying my share.
I don't grudge her the opportunities she has been given.
Noun
She still has a grudge against him for the way he treated her in school.
He has nursed a grudge against his former boss for years.
I don't bear him any grudges.
Recent Examples on the Web
Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Beijing and Moscow have, in particular, gone from grudging participants in Western attempts to pressure Pyongyang into curbing its illicit weapons programs to openly supporting the Kim regime.
—Jonathan Corrado, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024
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Verb
Putin’s apparatus has pivoted in recent days to grudging acknowledgment that the likely culprits had an agenda unrelated to Ukraine: revenge for years of carnage carried out by Russian security forces in Syria, Chechnya and other Muslim states.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Beijing and Moscow have, in particular, gone from grudging participants in Western attempts to pressure Pyongyang into curbing its illicit weapons programs to openly supporting the Kim regime.
—Jonathan Corrado, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for grudge
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“Grudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grudge. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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