Grudge vs. Malice — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Grudge and Malice
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Grudge
To be reluctant to give or admit
Even grudged the tuition money.
Malice
A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite.
Grudge
To resent for having; begrudge
Grudged him his good ways with the children.
Malice
The intent to commit an unlawful act without justification or excuse.
Grudge
A deep-seated feeling of resentment or rancor
Bears a grudge about the accident.
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Malice
An improper motive for an action, such as desire to cause injury to another.
Grudge
(countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to a past misdeed or mistreatment.
To have, hold, or bear a grudge against someone
Malice
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
Grudge
To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something).
Malice
An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter.
Grudge
(obsolete) To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.
Malice
To intend to cause harm; to bear malice.
Grudge
(obsolete) To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
Malice
Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil.
Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind.
Grudge
To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; - followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects.
Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train.
I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments.
They have grudged us contribution.
Malice
Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness.
Proud tyrants who maliciously destroyAnd ride o'er ruins with malignant joy.
In some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently applied to a radical depravity of nature, and malignancy to indications of this depravity, in temper and conduct in particular instances.
Grudge
To hold or harbor with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
Perish theyThat grudge one thought against your majesty !
Malice
To regard with extreme ill will.
Grudge
To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.
Grudge not one against another.
He eats his meat without grudging.
Malice
Feeling a need to see others suffer
Grudge
To feel compunction or grief.
Malice
The quality of threatening evil
Grudge
Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.
Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and enmity against his brother Jacob.
The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge.
Grudge
Slight symptom of disease.
Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling against the grudges of more dreaded calamities.
Grudge
A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation;
Holding a grudge
Settling a score
Grudge
Bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
Grudge
Accept or admit unwillingly
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