grudged; grudging
: to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully
didn't grudge the time
grudger
noun
: a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will
held no grudge against those who mistreated him
Synonyms
Examples of grudge in a Sentence
Verb
I don't grudge paying my share.
I don't grudge her the opportunities she has been given.
Noun
She still has a grudge against him for the way he treated her in school.
He has nursed a grudge against his former boss for years.
I don't bear him any grudges.
Recent Examples on the Web
Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Beijing and Moscow have, in particular, gone from grudging participants in Western attempts to pressure Pyongyang into curbing its illicit weapons programs to openly supporting the Kim regime.
—Jonathan Corrado, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024
The Taliban authorities vacillated between grudging accommodation and weary rejection of our attention, but Ross had an uncanny ability to connect.
—Victor Blue, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
There is a clear sense of direction, almost a narrative sensibility, in the five tracks’ grudging progression from darkness to something approaching light.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2023
Surrounded by eager new lawmakers, his eyes are dim, his smile grudging.
—Molly Ball, Time, 20 July 2023
At the moment, Israel’s right-wing coalition government’s plan to disempower the Supreme Court there is on hold, a mark of grudging deference to what have been the largest peaceful protests in the country’s history.
—Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 13 June 2023
Their party was more likely to eschew deadly and costly violence in favor of grudging compromise and coexistence.
—Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020
Corbyn, meanwhile, began to win grudging praise from the guardians of established opinion for his willingness to coordinate the resistance.
—David Graeber, The New York Review of Books, 13 Jan. 2020
EW.com, 7 Apr. 2024
The Warriors are a veteran team trying to hold onto the last vestiges of dominance—and perhaps pining for grudges that expired a half-decade ago.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Yet that use of language and imagery is something Trump has intensified in his increasingly personal grudge rematch against Biden this year.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
Trian Partners controls some $3.5 billion worth of Disney stock, 79% of which is owned by ex-Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter, whom Disney has accused of harboring a long-standing personal grudge against Iger.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Disney and its supporters say that turnaround is already happening under Iger and that the Trian proxy battle is due in part to a personal grudge after Perlmutter was ousted from the company last year.
—Hadas Gold, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
And during his time away, Noah’s parents developed a grudge against DCFS, feeling that the agency had robbed them of the first months of caring for their son.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
About 79% of the shares controlled by Trian are owned by former Marvel Entertainment chief Ike Perlmutter (whom Disney accuses of holding a personal grudge against Iger).
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
Personal grudges do not mix well with proxy contests.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
Verb
Putin’s apparatus has pivoted in recent days to grudging acknowledgment that the likely culprits had an agenda unrelated to Ukraine: revenge for years of carnage carried out by Russian security forces in Syria, Chechnya and other Muslim states.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Beijing and Moscow have, in particular, gone from grudging participants in Western attempts to pressure Pyongyang into curbing its illicit weapons programs to openly supporting the Kim regime.
—Jonathan Corrado, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024
The Taliban authorities vacillated between grudging accommodation and weary rejection of our attention, but Ross had an uncanny ability to connect.
—Victor Blue, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
There is a clear sense of direction, almost a narrative sensibility, in the five tracks’ grudging progression from darkness to something approaching light.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2023
Surrounded by eager new lawmakers, his eyes are dim, his smile grudging.
—Molly Ball, Time, 20 July 2023
At the moment, Israel’s right-wing coalition government’s plan to disempower the Supreme Court there is on hold, a mark of grudging deference to what have been the largest peaceful protests in the country’s history.
—Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 13 June 2023
Their party was more likely to eschew deadly and costly violence in favor of grudging compromise and coexistence.
—Caitlin Fitz, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2020
Corbyn, meanwhile, began to win grudging praise from the guardians of established opinion for his willingness to coordinate the resistance.
—David Graeber, The New York Review of Books, 13 Jan. 2020
Noun
But some grudges don’t last forever in Hollywood, as Lorre and Sheen have reportedly reconciled and united on the Max series, Bookie.
—EW.com, 7 Apr. 2024
The Warriors are a veteran team trying to hold onto the last vestiges of dominance—and perhaps pining for grudges that expired a half-decade ago.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Yet that use of language and imagery is something Trump has intensified in his increasingly personal grudge rematch against Biden this year.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
Trian Partners controls some $3.5 billion worth of Disney stock, 79% of which is owned by ex-Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter, whom Disney has accused of harboring a long-standing personal grudge against Iger.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Disney and its supporters say that turnaround is already happening under Iger and that the Trian proxy battle is due in part to a personal grudge after Perlmutter was ousted from the company last year.
—Hadas Gold, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
And during his time away, Noah’s parents developed a grudge against DCFS, feeling that the agency had robbed them of the first months of caring for their son.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
About 79% of the shares controlled by Trian are owned by former Marvel Entertainment chief Ike Perlmutter (whom Disney accuses of holding a personal grudge against Iger).
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
Personal grudges do not mix well with proxy contests.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
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