noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/
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rhymes with -ʌdʒ
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
to have, hold, owe or bear a grudge against someone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stew
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: resent
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Germanicder. Old French grouchier, groucierder. Middle English grucchen English grutchder. English grudge A variant of grutch (mid 15th-century, younger than begrudge), from Middle English grucchen (“to murmur, complain, feel envy, begrudge”), from Old French grouchier, groucier (“to murmur, grumble”), of Germanic origin, probably ultimately imitative. Akin to Middle High German grogezen (“to howl, wail”), German grocken (“to croak”). Compare also Old Norse krytja (“to murmur”), Old High German grunzen (“to grunt”).
Across languages
Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
mëllë
— deep seated animosity
Arabic:
بُغْض
(buḡḍ)
— deep seated animosity
Arabic:
ضَغِينَة
(ḍaḡīna)
— deep seated animosity
Bashkir:
үпкә
(üpkə)
— deep seated animosity
Bulgarian:
недоволство
(nedovolstvo)
— deep seated animosity
Bulgarian:
неприязън
(neprijazǎn)
— deep seated animosity
Burmese:
အာဃာတ
(aghata.)
— deep seated animosity
Catalan:
rancor
— deep seated animosity
Catalan:
rancúnia
— deep seated animosity
Chinese Mandarin:
怨恨
(yuànhèn)
— deep seated animosity
Czech:
zášť
— deep seated animosity
Czech:
nevraživost
— deep seated animosity
Czech:
averze
— deep seated animosity
Danish:
nag
— deep seated animosity
Danish:
uvilje
— deep seated animosity
Dutch:
rancune
— deep seated animosity
Dutch:
wrok
— deep seated animosity
Estonian:
vimm
— deep seated animosity
Finnish:
kauna
— deep seated animosity
Finnish:
närä
— deep seated animosity
French:
rancune
— deep seated animosity
Galician:
xenreira
— deep seated animosity
Galician:
rancor
— deep seated animosity
German:
Groll
— deep seated animosity
German:
Neid
— deep seated animosity
Greek:
μνησικακία
(mnisikakía)
— deep seated animosity
Greek:
άχτι
(áchti)
— deep seated animosity
Greek:
μανιάτικο
(maniátiko)
— deep seated animosity
Ancient Greek:
κότος
(kótos)
— deep seated animosity
Hiligaynon:
kadúmut
— deep seated animosity
Hiligaynon:
kahíkaw
— deep seated animosity
Hindi:
डाह
(ḍāh)
— deep seated animosity
Hungarian:
neheztelés
— deep seated animosity
Hungarian:
harag
— deep seated animosity
Hungarian:
ellenérzés
— deep seated animosity
Hungarian:
ellenszenv
— deep seated animosity
Irish:
olc
— deep seated animosity
Irish:
fala
— deep seated animosity
Italian:
rancore
— deep seated animosity
Italian:
risentimento
— deep seated animosity
Italian:
astio
— deep seated animosity
Japanese:
恨み
(urami)
— deep seated animosity
Japanese:
怨
(en)
— deep seated animosity
Ladino:
garez
— deep seated animosity
Ladino:
rankor
— deep seated animosity
Lithuanian:
pagieža
— deep seated animosity
Macedonian:
го́рчина
(górčina)
— deep seated animosity
Macedonian:
ого́рченост
(ogórčenost)
— deep seated animosity
Macedonian:
зло́ба
(zlóba)
— deep seated animosity
Macedonian:
неприја́телство
(neprijátelstvo)
— deep seated animosity
Macedonian:
лу́тина
(lútina)
— deep seated animosity
Malay:
dendam
— deep seated animosity
Māori:
ahikauri
— deep seated animosity
Māori:
ngaukino
— deep seated animosity
Norwegian Bokmål:
nag
— deep seated animosity
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nag
— deep seated animosity
Old English:
æfþanc
— deep seated animosity
Polish:
uraza
— deep seated animosity
Portuguese:
rancor
— deep seated animosity
Portuguese:
ressentimento
— deep seated animosity
Quechua:
chiqniy
— deep seated animosity
Romanian:
pică
— deep seated animosity
Romanian:
pizmă
— deep seated animosity
Romanian:
ranchiună
— deep seated animosity
Russian:
неприя́знь
(neprijáznʹ)
— deep seated animosity
Russian:
оби́да
(obída)
— deep seated animosity
Russian:
зло́ба
(zlóba)
— deep seated animosity
Sanskrit:
असूया
(asūyā)
— deep seated animosity
Serbo-Croatian:
kivnost
— deep seated animosity
Serbo-Croatian:
resentiman
— deep seated animosity
Serbo-Croatian:
kivnja
— deep seated animosity
Spanish:
rencor
— deep seated animosity
Spanish:
manía
— deep seated animosity
Spanish:
ojeriza
— deep seated animosity
Swedish:
agg
— deep seated animosity
Tagalog:
hinanakit
— deep seated animosity
Telugu:
పగ
(paga)
— deep seated animosity
Turkish:
kin
— deep seated animosity
Turkish:
hınç
— deep seated animosity
Turkish:
garez
— deep seated animosity
Welsh:
cenfigen
— deep seated animosity
Welsh:
gwenwyn
— deep seated animosity
Yiddish:
פֿאַריבל
(faribl)
— deep seated animosity
Bulgarian:
свиди ми се
(svidi mi se)
— to be unwilling to give
Catalan:
recar
— to be unwilling to give
Czech:
zdráhat
— to be unwilling to give
Danish:
ikke unde
— to be unwilling to give
Danish:
misunde
— to be unwilling to give
Dutch:
misgunnen
— to be unwilling to give
Dutch:
weigeren
— to be unwilling to give
German:
missgönnen
— to be unwilling to give
Ancient Greek:
μεγαίρω
(megaírō)
— to be unwilling to give
Hungarian:
sajnál
— to be unwilling to give
Hungarian:
vonakodik
— to be unwilling to give
Hungarian:
irigyel
— to be unwilling to give
Macedonian:
жа́ли
(žáli)
— to be unwilling to give
Macedonian:
со́жали
(sóžali)
— to be unwilling to give
Māori:
hākere
— to be unwilling to give
Russian:
жале́ть
(žalétʹ)
— to be unwilling to give
Russian:
жа́дничать
(žádničatʹ)
— to be unwilling to give
Spanish:
diñar de mala gana
— to be unwilling to give