grievance
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grievance
- /ˈɡɹiː.vəns/
Rhymes with -iːvəns
Where it comes from
From Old French grievance, from the verb grever (“to irritate; to bother; to annoy”) + -ance, equivalent to grieve + -ance.
noun grievances · grievaunce
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Something which causes grief.
Similar: hardship, sorrow, affliction, aggrievance, distress, grief, grievance, misery, ruth, sadness, undelight, vexation
- A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint. [T]he King is vveary / Of daintie and ſuch picking greeuances, / For he hath found, to end one doubt by death, / Reuiues tvvo greater in the heires of life: […]
- Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger. The issues of harassment and/or bullying was the top common source of grievance, followed by discipline, and then new working practices.
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A complaint or annoyance.
Similar: bother, vexation, annoyance, faff, grievance, hassle, inconvenience, irritation, nuisance, palaver, peeve, plague
- A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace. If you want the problem fixed, you'll have to file a grievance with the city.
- Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior. Indeed I do confess, that many times I have showed myself both less provident and less paiful for the benefit of the commonwealth, tha I should, or might, or intended to do hereafter; and have in many actions more respected the satisfying of my own particular humour, than either justice to some priv
Similar: gravamen
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: grudge, score, complaint, acrimony, resentment, grief, pain, insult, tort, malice, damage, displeasure, disaffection, discontent, dissatisfaction, objection
noun
Similar: gravamen
Translations
Every language
noun complaint
| Español | queja, agravio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 抱怨 bàoyuàn, 委屈 wěiqū |
| हिन्दी | उलाहना ulāhnā |
| Português | queixa, reclamação |
| Français | grief |
| Deutsch | Beschwerde, Klage, Ärgernis |
| Ελληνικά | παράπονο parápono, δυσαρέσκεια dysaréskeia |
| Русский | жа́лоба žáloba |
noun something which causes grief
| Español | transgresión, motivo de queja, agravio |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Ärgernis, Missstand, Mißstand, Übelstand, Kümmernis |
Talk about this word "grievance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/grievance. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. grievance. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/grievance "grievance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/grievance.Cite this
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title = {grievance},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grievance},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
