Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To envy (someone) the possession or enjoyment of (something).
  • transitive verb To give or expend with reluctance.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To grudge; envy the possession of.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To grudge; to envy the possession of.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To be reluctant
  • verb to give reluctantly.
  • verb To be envious or covetous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb wish ill or allow unwillingly
  • verb be envious of; set one's heart on

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  • Go on, be the grudge you always wanted to be.

    February 7, 2016