n.
a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury.
v.
- be resentfully unwilling to grant or allow (something).
- feel resentful that (someone) has achieved (something):
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I don't grudge him his moment of triumph.
Derivative
- grudger n.
- grudging adj.
- grudgingly adv.
- grudgingness n.
Etymology
ME: var. of obs. grutch ‘complain, murmur’, from OFr. grouchier, of unknown origin; cf. grouch.
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