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grievance

noun

1 grievance

A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation.

synonyms: grudge, score.

Roget 619: evil, ill, harm, hurt.   , mischief, nuisance; machinations of the devil, Pandora's box, ills that flesh is heir to.    blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, ... show more

Roget 830: painfulness etc. adj.; trouble, care etc. (pain) 828; trial; affliction, infliction; blow, stroke, burden, ... show more

Roget 923: wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum in se [Lat.]; unreasonableness, grievance; shame.    injustice; tort [Law]; unfairness etc. adj.; iniquity, foul play.    ... show more

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

2 grievance

An allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice.

3 grievance

A complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action.

Dutch: grief
Polish: pretensja, wymówka, wyrzut, wytyk, żal


Moby thesaurus: abomination, affliction, affront, allegation, atrocity, bad, bane, beef, beefing, befoulment, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill, blight, bone to pick ... show more.

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