Synonyms for grievance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gree-vuhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgri vəns |
Top 10 synonyms for grievance Other synonyms for the word grievance
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
- 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- As soon as the servant had withdrawn after dinner he began his grievance.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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