<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A feeling of ill will or resentment: to hold a grudge against a former opponent.</li><li>Synonyms: bitterness, hatred, enmity, malevolence, rancor.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>Grudged, grudging: to give or permit with reluctance; submit to unwillingly: The other team grudged us every point we scored.</li><li>To resent the good fortune of (another); begrudge: A lot of people grudge those billionaires all that money.</li><li>Synonyms: envy.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>Grudged, grudging: Obsolete. to feel dissatisfaction or ill will.</li></ul>