Synonyms for grievance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gree-vuhns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgri vəns

Top 10 synonyms for grievance

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Définition of grievance

Origin : c.1300, "state of being aggrieved," from Old French grevance "harm, injury, misfortune, trouble, suffering," from grever "to harm, to burden" (see grieve). In reference to a cause of such a condition, from late 15c.

noun complaint, gripe

Example sentences :

Nor did he sink his grievance on the arrival of the Mixer a few moments later.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

He waved his arms, airing his grievance with which for an hour past he had regaled me.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

As soon as the servant had withdrawn after dinner he began his grievance.
Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope

I hope your lordship's grievance is sounder than your views of life.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

No longer was his grievance sentimental, theoretical or abstract.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

Here was a grief to which he could not minister, a grievance that he could do nothing to remove.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

He made no grievance, however, even in his own thoughts, of either inequality.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Ireland certainly cannot pretend to lay a grievance to my charge.'
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

If she did not like "an adventure," she loved "a grievance."
Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

A figure approached him humbly but openly—not at all like a ghost with a grievance.
Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad

Antonyms for grievance

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