Meaning of Grudge | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ɡɹʌd͡ʒ

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Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.

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العربية الحقد بغض ضغينة

Български недоволство неприязън

Bosanski fala kivnja kivnost kosa kosa nag pica pik pik pizma žal zal горчина злоба кивност кивња огорченост

Català rancor rancúnia recar

Čeština averze nevraživost zášť zdráhat

Cymraeg cenfigen gwenwyn

Dansk misunde nag uvilje

Deutsch Groll Missgönnen Neid Pik Ranküne

Ελληνικά αφορμή άχτι κακία μανιάτικο μνησικακία πάθος

Español diñar de mala gana manía ojeriza rencor

Eesti vimm

Suomi kalavelka kauna närä

Français rancune

Gaeilge fala olc

Galego rancor rancura xenreira

हिन्दी कीना डाह

Hrvatski fala kivnja kivnost kosa kosa nag pica pik pik pizma zal žal горчина злоба кивност кивња огорченост

Magyar ellenszenv harag irigyel sajnál vonakodik

Italiano astio rancore risentimento

日本語寇怨怨念怨恨恨み

한국어 앙심 원한

Kurdî kin kin kin nag nara nara neid pîk zal

Latina rancor

Македонски горчина жали злоба лутина непријателство огорченост

Bahasa Melayu dendam

မြန်မာဘာသာ အာဃာတ

Nederlands misgunnen rancune weigeren wrok

Polski kosa uraza żal zawziątka

Português rancor ressentimento

Română pica pizmă ranchiună

Русский жадничать жалеть злоба неприя́знь обида

Shqip mëllë

Српски fala kivnja kivnost kosa kosa nag pica pik pik pizma žal zal горчина злоба кивност кивња огорченост

Svenska ägg groll

తెలుగు పంగ

Tagalog hinanakit

Türkçe hınç kin

Examples

“to have, hold, owe or bear a grudge against someone”

“Bag. And if I do not my good Lord damme me for it I haue an old grudge at him cole black curre,”

“I have never mentioned it to a human creature; I have kept my grudge to myself. I daresay I have been wicked, but my grudge has grown old with me.”

“It is towards Saduko that he bears a grudge, for you know, my father, one should never pull a drowning man out of the stream — which is what Saduko did, for had it not been for his treachery, Cetewayo would have sunk beneath the water of Death — especially if it is only to spite a woman who hates him.”

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