grievancenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈɡriː.vəns/us/ˈɡriː.vəns/a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly:
A special committee has been appointed to handle prisoners' grievances.
Bill still harbours/nurses a grievance against his employers for not promoting him.
The small amount of compensation is a source of grievance to the people forced to leave their homes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- protest
- quibble
- squeal
- start on at sb
- whinger
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