grudge

Converse of object

• bear: Tommy, not being a man to bear a grudge, spent the rest of the game on a mission.
• harbor: I saw no reason to harbor a personal grudge against him for detaining me once.
• hold: I do not hold a grudge, not my style.
• carry: Henry Vane the Younger also carries a grudge from the grave.
• have: Someone who had a grudge against them, perhaps?
• nurse: It looks as if I am nursing a grudge.

Preposition: against

• anyone: I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to Britain.
• people: So I guess I shouldn't hold a grudge against people who know nothing else about them.

Adjective modifier

• personal: One should not contend with anyone on account of a personal grudge or bully the weak.
• old: He soon managed to ascertain that the chief had an old grudge against a neighboring chief.
• bitter: And a bitter grudge, hidden and carefully nurtured for thirteen years, is about to erupt.
• big: This is by far the biggest grudge on our station.
• private: He may have been a common burglar, or he may have had some private grudge against Mr. Douglas.
• long-standing: We keep Bullseye's coldness and his inventiveness as an assassin but not his costume or his long-standing grudge against DD.

Modifies a noun

• match: Settle all scores with a grudge match of Monkey Tennis.

Modifying Another Word

• not: We really could not grudge such a noble bird an easy breakfast.
• no: I hold no grudge against him for his views.
• n't: For once, I would n't grudge the hill a little extra height.
• never: The Jo who could admit to needing another's strength was the Jo who would never grudge her own strength to one in need.

Preposition: for

• year: Walter can be quite a bitter person and can hold a grudge for years.