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单词 grievance
释义

grievance

[ gree-vuhns ]
/ ˈgri vəns /
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noun

a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
a complaint or resentment, as against an unjust or unfair act: to have a grievance against someone.

Origin of grievance

1250–1300; Middle English greva(u)nce<Old French grevance.See grieve, -ance

SYNONYMS FOR grievance

1 affront, injustice, hurt, injury, distress.
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OTHER WORDS FROM grievance

pre·griev·ance, noun

Words nearby grievance

grief-stricken, Grieg, griege, Grierson, grieshoch, grievance, grievance committee, grievant, grieve, grievous, grievous bodily harm
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British Dictionary definitions for grievance

grievance
/ (ˈɡriːvəns) /

noun

a real or imaginary wrong causing resentment and regarded as grounds for complaint
a feeling of resentment or injustice at having been unfairly treated
obsolete affliction or hardship

Word Origin for grievance

C15 grevance, from Old French, from grever to grieve 1
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Idioms and Phrases with grievance

grievance

see air one's grievances.

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