grudge
/ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/ noun C1- Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment. · to have, hold, owe or bear a grudge against someone
Plural grudges
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He may have been a common burglar, or he may have had some private grudge against Mr.
Douglas has spent most of his life in America, and this shotgun seems to be an American weapon, it would seem that the private grudge is the more likely theory.
A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultry yard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an ample revenge, tied some rope well soaked in oil to his tail, and set it on fire.
The rivalry between them was soon apparent; it was entirely good natured on Gilbert’s side; but it is much to be feared that the same thing cannot be said of Anne, who had certainly an unpraiseworthy tenacity for holding grudges.
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