grudged

verb

Definition of grudgednext
past tense of grudge
as in deplored

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  1. disliked
  2. denied
  3. withheld
  4. revoked
  5. disallowed
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  • Some Hezbollah supporters were spotted marching through the streets of Beirut in mourning yesterday, while others disliked and even hated him.
    NBC News, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The United Nations is especially disliked by Republicans.
    Barbara F. Walter, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2021
Definition of disliked
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  • The move comes after a Benton County circuit judge denied a preliminary injunction last month in Highfill’s lawsuit attempting to stop the airport from deannexing from the city.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Some Zionists have denied the existence of a Palestinian people and the right to self-determination of Palestinians.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of denied
Verb
  • Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but his case was abruptly dismissed in July over allegations that prosecutors withheld evidence.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • College students have been suspended or had their degrees withheld.
    Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of withheld
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  • Before that case was closed in December 2022, Lacy pleaded guilty that September to driving with a license suspended, revoked or canceled.
    Emily Palmer, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the license for Cruise, which was transporting passengers without human drivers throughout San Francisco.
    Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of revoked
Verb
  • After his Fenerbahçe side had a goal disallowed for offside against Antalyaspor, the ‘Special One’ placed his laptop in front of a TV camera, apparently to demonstrate that Edin Dzeko’s strike had been wrongly ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR).
    George Ramsay, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
  • In the fallout, the NCAA adopted rules changes that forbid coaches from donating to the Pumps’ charitable foundation and disallowed the brothers from running their profitable coaching and athletics executive search firm while also coaching AAU.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of disallowed
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