Grudge

Definitions

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

countable

Equivalents

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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