noun
definition
Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to a past misdeed or mistreatment.
example
to have/hold/bear a grudge against someone
verb
definition
To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something).
definition
To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.
definition
To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
definition
To feel compunction or grief.
Examples of grudges in a Sentence
In truth, it might not have altered my decision, but it's a little late for holding millennia-old grudges, Kris explained.
Among those who stood about him were four knights, some of whom had personal grudges against Becket, and all of whom were reckless ruffians, who were eager to win their masters favor by fair means or foul.
Some cast members already have preexisting grudges with each other and plenty of cast members have previous romantic interludes with each other that either make for more romance or instead bring up hard feelings that evolve into hatred.
Marryat's first attempt was somewhat severely criticized from an artistic point of view, and he was accused of gratifying private grudges by introducing real personages too thinly disguised; and as he attributed some of his own adventures to Frank Mildmay he was rather shocked to learn that readers identified him with that disagreeable character.
Don't hold grudges, keep your chin up and play the game.
It would seem that the manorial grudges between landowner and peasant, which had been so fierce in the 14th century, had died down as the lords abandoned the old system of working their demesne by villein labor.