# grudge

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #18,842

## Definitions
1. Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.

## Etymology
A variant of grutch (mid 15th-century, younger than begrudge), from Middle English grucchen (“to murmur, complain, feel envy, begrudge”), from Old French grouchier, groucier (“to murmur, grumble”), of Germanic origin, probably ultimately imitative.
Akin to Middle High German grogezen (“to howl, wail”), German grocken (“to croak”). Compare also Old Norse krytja (“to murmur”), Old High German grunzen (“to grunt”).

## Easily confused with
- **grunge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grudge-vs-grunge)
- **grudges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grudge-vs-grudges)
- **grade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grade-vs-grudge)
- **gauge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gauge-vs-grudge)
- **gouge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gouge-vs-grudge)
- **grange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grange-vs-grudge)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ggrudge`, `grduge`, `grrudge`, `gruddge`, `grudeg`, `grudgge`, `grugde`, `gurdge`, `rgudge`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/grudge