A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation:
— Holding a grudge.

synonyms: grievance, score.

Roget 898: hate, hatred, vials of hate.    disaffection, disfavor; alienation, estrangement, coolness; enmity etc. 889; animosity etc. 900.    umbrage, pique, grudge; dudgeon, spleen bitterness, bitterness of feeling; ill blood, bad blood; acrimony; malice etc. 907; implacability etc. (revenge) 919.    repugnance etc. (dislike) 867; misanthropy, demonophobia^†, gynephobia^†, negrophobia^†; odium, unpopularity; detestation, antipathy; object of hatred, object of execration; abomination, aversion, b=ete noire; enemy etc. 891; bitter pill; source of annoyance etc. 830.    ... show more

Roget 900: resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation; exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation.    pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness, acrimony, asperity, spleen, gall; heart-burning, heart-swelling; rankling.    ill humor, bad humor, ill temper, bad temper; irascibility etc. 901; ill blood etc. (hate) 898; revenge etc. 919.    excitement, irritation; warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, dander, ferment, ebullition; towering passion, acharnement [Fr.], angry mood, taking, pet, tiff, passion, fit, tantrums.    burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation; violence etc. 173; fire and fury; vials of wrath; gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words.    scowl etc. 895; sulks etc. 901.1. [Cause of umbrage] affront, provocation, offense; indignity etc. (insult) 929; grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli [Lat.]; ill turn, outrage.    Furies, Eumenides.    buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles.    ... show more

Dutch: haatdragendheid, rancune, ressentiment, verbittering, wrok
Polish: uraza

Bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings.

synonym: stew.

Roget 603: be unwilling etc. adj.; nill; dislike etc. 867; grudge, begrudge; not be able to find it in one's heart to, not have the stomach to.    demur, stick at, scruple, stickle; hang fire, run rusty; recoil, shrink, swerve; hesitate etc. 605; avoid etc. 623.    oppose etc. 708; dissent etc. 489; refuse etc. 764.    ... show more

Roget 764: refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down; nill, negative; refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass (at cards). be deaf to; dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon; set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one; not yield an inch etc. (obstinacy) 606.    resist, cross; not grant etc. 762; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn, etc. (repudiate) 610; rescind etc. (revoke) 756; disclaim, protest; dissent etc. 489.    ... show more

Roget 819: be parsimonious etc. adj.; grudge, begrudge, stint, pinch, gripe, screw, dole out, hold back, withhold, starve, famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint.    drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain; cheapen, beat down; stop one hole in a sieve; have an itching palm, grasp, grab.    ... show more

Accept or admit unwillingly.