Synonyms of the word grievance


GRIEVANCEALLEGATION - BITTERNESS - COMPLAINT - GALL - GRUDGE - RANCOR - RANCOUR - RESENTMENT - SCORE

grievance

  • n. (countable) Something which causes grief.
  • n. A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
  • n. A complaint or annoyance.
  • n. A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.

allegation

  • n. An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
  • n. The act of alleging.

bitterness

  • n. The quality of having a bitter taste.
  • n. The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment.

complaint

  • n. A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining.
  • n. (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim…
  • n. (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the…
  • n. A consumer complaint.
  • n. A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.

gall

  • n. (anatomy, obsolete, uncountable) Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting…
  • n. (anatomy) The gall bladder.
  • n. (uncountable, obsolete) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
  • n. (countable) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
  • n. (uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
  • n. (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
  • n. (medicine, obsolete, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as…
  • n. (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
  • n. (countable) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the…
  • v. (transitive) To trouble or bother.
  • v. To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
  • v. To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
  • v. To exasperate.
  • v. To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond…
  • v. To scoff; to jeer.
  • n. (countable, phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing…
  • v. To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

grudge

  • n. (countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill-feeling about something or someone, especially…
  • v. To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something).
  • v. (obsolete) To grumble, complain; to be dissatisfied.
  • v. (obsolete) To hold or harbour with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
  • v. (obsolete) To feel compunction or grief.

rancor

  • n. The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

rancour

  • n. Britain and Canada spelling of rancor.

resentment

  • n. A feeling of anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged by others or betrayed;…
  • n. (obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined…
  • n. (obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude.

score

  • n. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
  • n. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of…
  • n. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or…
  • n. Twenty, 20 (number).
  • n. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
  • n. A weight of twenty pounds.
  • n. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each…
  • n. (music) The music of a movie or play.
  • n. Subject.
  • n. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
  • n. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the…
  • n. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
  • n. (US, crime, slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
  • n. (US, crime, slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
  • n. (US, crime, slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
  • n. (US, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
  • n. (US, slang) A sexual conquest.
  • v. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
  • v. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
  • v. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
  • interj. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success.

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