Grudge | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Grŭdġe, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. GRUDGED; p. pr. & vb. n. GRUDGING.] [O. Eng. grutche, gruiche, O. Fr. groucher, grouchier, groucier, groucer, grocer, gronchier, groncer, to murmur, grumble, complain, from Ger. grunzen, Eng. grunt; not from Fr. gruger, to craunch or crush with the teeth.] To look upon with desire to possess; to envy; to covet; to part with reluctantly; to desire to get back again; — followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and remote objects.

’Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train. Shak.

I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments. Swift.

Grŭdge, v. i.

verbintransitive

Sense 1. To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

Grudge not one against another. James v. 9.

Sense 2. To feel compunction or grief. [Obs.] Beattie.

Grüdge, n.

noun

n. 1. Uneasiness at the possession of something by another; sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice or enmity; ill will; envy; secret enmity; hatred. Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and enmity against his brother Jacob. South. The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge. I. Taylor. 2. Slight symptoms of disease. [Obs.] Our shaken monarchy, that now lies laboring under her throes, and struggling against the grudges of more dreaded calamities. Milton. Syn.—Pique; aversion; dislike; ill will; hatred; spite. See PIQUE.