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US/ɡrʌdʒ/
UK/ɡrʌdʒ/
a feeling of anger toward someone that lasts a long time because they hurt you in the past
In context
She still holds a grudge against her old boss.
Life is too short to hold grudges against your own family.
Police believe the fire was started by a former worker with a grudge.
Words that go with grudge
verb + noun
- hold a grudgeMy grandmother never holds a grudge for long.
- bear a grudgeHe doesn't bear a grudge, even after what they did to him.
noun + preposition
- grudge againstShe has had a grudge against her neighbor since the fence dispute.
adjective + noun
- old grudgeThe two villages finally settled an old grudge over water rights.
- personal grudgeThe reviewer denied having a personal grudge against the director.