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[ noun ] a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

Synonyms

grievance score

Examples

"holding a grudge" "settling a score"

Used in print

(Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)

Grudges simply do not keep that well in a sane mind .

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

`` I know you 've_got a grudge against me , and maybe I can n't blame you .

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

But there were other homesteaders who passed the Lewis murder off as a personal grudge killing , the work of one of his neighbors .

Related terms

resentment stew

2
[ verb ] bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

Synonyms

stew

Related terms

resent

3
[ verb ] accept or admit unwillingly

Related terms

resent

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