bear a grudge
Nurse old anger
To bear a grudge is to maintain resentment toward someone for a past wrong, real or perceived.
The grudge-bearer nurses the injury rather than letting it go: She still bears a grudge against her sister for that comment ten years ago.
The phrase implies the resentment is sustained deliberately, carried like a burden.
- rancorLasting bitter resentment
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- acrimonyBitter ill will
- bad bloodLasting hostile feelings
bitter feelings · hostility · animosity · hard feelings · unforgiveness · bitterness · old wounds · anger · spite · indignation · nurse · vindictiveness · maintain · betrayal · feud · memory · long memory · rumination
bear a grudgeforgive
Cease to blame
forgive and forget · let go · let bygones be bygones · pardon · bury the hatchet
bear a grudgereconcile
Resolve a disagreement
make amends · welcome back · kiss and make up · mend fences · embrace
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