GRUDGED Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

grudged

verb

past tense of grudge

as in deplored

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Liberal politician Grigory Yavlinsky, who co-founded Yabloko in the 1990s and chairs its political committee, deplored the court’s ruling in an online statement.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Liberal politician Grigory Yavlinsky, who co-founded Yabloko in the 1990s and chairs its political committee, deplored the court's ruling in an online statement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of deplored

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José Dias Toffoli, who previously stepped down from overseeing the Banco Master case because of his links to Vorcaro, also refused to vote.

— MAURICIO SAVARESE, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Many families who are cited in the lawsuit said the insurer refused to test their homes for contaminants.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of refused

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Also, who exactly was mysterious creative adviser and new-ending generator Rospo Pallenberg, besides being roundly disliked?

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Element had a deal to merge with Solstice Advanced Materials , but both shareholder bases disliked the idea, so the companies terminated it last week.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of disliked

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Soon after, Politico said its White House reporter Cheyenne Haslett was also denied entry and had her badge confiscated.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Harvey’s City Council voted unanimously last October to apply for the so-far rare designation of a Financially Distressed City, which the state denied in April.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

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Boeing admitted responsibility for the fatal crashes and that its employees withheld information about the design flaw from the Federal Aviation Administration during certification.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Multiple National Women’s Soccer League teams withheld players from the competition to help during a crucial final stretch of the club season.

— Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of withheld

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August polling at-large told a similar story, with one poll from Marquette Law School reporting a 40% approval rating, but Americans largely disapproved of the war in Iran and expressed economic concerns across the board.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Perhaps this is really just about your newfound willingness to be the villain in someone else’s story, and to be disapproved of for sticking to your values.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of disapproved

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This strategy also helps employers get to know phenomenal candidates whose applications are going to accidentally be rejected by the ATS and AI systems.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
The Alliance rejected accusations of greenwashing at the time, saying its mandate was to identify scalable collection, sorting and recycling solutions and that projects operating at the edge of commercial viability would not all succeed.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of rejected

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This was partly inspired by the club’s latest investigations into apparent ‘ticket-touting’, when 1,149 fan accounts were banned, and more were threatened with having their season tickets revoked.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
If so, their pensions benefits could be reduced or even revoked.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

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