verb
- to grudge; to begrudge or resent giving or allowing something
Usage: archaic or dialectal; chiefly Scottish and Northern English
noun
- a grudge; a feeling of resentment or ill will
Usage: archaic or dialectal; chiefly Scottish and Northern English
Examples
- He would grutch every penny spent on entertainment.
- She bore a grutch against her neighbor for years.
- Don't grutch the child a small treat.
- Old grutches between the families ran deep.
- He grutched having to share his inheritance.