Emotions
Synonyms for grudge
The synonym for grudge recorded in this bank is score, in the sense "a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for grudge
- scorenoun, in the sense "a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and grudge carries one sense so far.
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
Holding a grudge.
The true synonym
score
Same sentence, swapped: Holding a score.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- envy
- pinch
- stint
Where grudge turns up in the game
grudge is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play grudge
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so grudge reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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