as in resentments
a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong
he's had a grudge against her ever since she snubbed him at the dance
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Recent Examples of grudges
Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
Someone who embraces artistic risk and trusts us with her memories, grudges, thoughts, and secrets for years and years.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
Someone who embraces artistic risk and trust us with her memories, grudges, thoughts, secrets, fears, and dreams.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Vaughn also asked her roughly 84,000 followers not to hold any grudges.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
Part of the dispute appears to have had less to do with paint and canvas than old grudges.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 2 June 2026
Ultimately, grudges are rarely just bitter indignation alone.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Jesse Minter and Mike McCarthy inherit a rivalry built on field goals, grudges and games that look like they were filmed through cigar smoke.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2026
Voters are fragments of coalitions, habits, grudges, identities, and instincts.
—Matt Klink, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
The Forty-Year Grudge by Liza Tully After four decades apart, former Sigma Delta Tau sisters reunite at a New Mexico ranch, where lingering tensions and old grudges quickly resurface.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
Someone who embraces artistic risk and trusts us with her memories, grudges, thoughts, and secrets for years and years.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
Someone who embraces artistic risk and trust us with her memories, grudges, thoughts, secrets, fears, and dreams.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Vaughn also asked her roughly 84,000 followers not to hold any grudges.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
Part of the dispute appears to have had less to do with paint and canvas than old grudges.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 2 June 2026
Ultimately, grudges are rarely just bitter indignation alone.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Jesse Minter and Mike McCarthy inherit a rivalry built on field goals, grudges and games that look like they were filmed through cigar smoke.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2026
Voters are fragments of coalitions, habits, grudges, identities, and instincts.
—Matt Klink, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grudges
Noun
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Better that there be no resentments about money, better that Adele learn that rash decisions had lasting costs.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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These same resentments likely erupted in the murder of Clapham and in the solidarity a great many local people felt with the Panis woman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
Verb
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Trump called Talarico weak on crime, insulting to Jesus Christ, a big mask wearer, and a vegan who dislikes meat.—
Maven Navarro
May 27,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 May 2026
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Sam Brunson, a nonprofit law professor at Loyola University Chicago, told Fortune that as a general rule, a donor who dislikes how a charity later spends its money has no recourse beyond ceasing to donate.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Writing this column has truly fed my soul, never mind given me an outlet for all manner of grief and grievances, whining and winnings.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
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And like Limbaugh, who built himself from a radio shock jock to a media titan by feeding listeners’ grievances, Fuentes tells his audience a story that encourages them to channel their anxieties and frustrations into disdain and hate for women and non-white people.—
Donie O'Sullivan,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
Verb
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Here, Colman Domingo’s renegade intelligence operative also refuses to tell anyone anything, but all the unspoken beats just feel like plot holes.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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And law enforcement refuses to investigate it.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2026
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“Grudges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grudges. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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