grievance

griev·ance  (grvns)

n.

1.

a. An actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint.

b. A complaint or protestation based on such a circumstance. See Synonyms at injustice.

2. Indignation or resentment stemming from a feeling of having been wronged.

3. Obsolete

a. The act of inflicting hardship or harm.

b. The cause of hardship or harm.

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[Middle English grevaunce, from Old French grevance, from grever, to harm; see grieve.]

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grievance [ˈgriːv^əns]

n

1. a real or imaginary wrong causing resentment and regarded as grounds for complaint

2. a feeling of resentment or injustice at having been unfairly treated

3. Obsolete affliction or hardship

[C15 grevance, from Old French, from grever to grieve¹]

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Grievance 

ax to grind A private or selfish motive, a personal stake; a grievance or complaint, especially a chronic one. The phrase stems from an 1810 story by Charles Miner in which a gullible boy is duped by a flattering stranger into turning a grindstone for him. According to the Dictionary of Americanisms, the frequent but erroneous ascription of the phrase’s origin to Benjamin Franklin is due to confusion between Poor Richard’s Almanac and Essays from the Desk of Poor Robert the Scribe, the collection in which the story appeared.

a bone to pick A complaint or grievance; a point of disagreement or a difference to settle. Formerly, the expression have a bone to pick meant to be occupied, as a dog is with a bone. It was used in this sense as early as 1565. The similar French phrase uses a different metaphor, une maille à partir ‘a knot to pick.’

a chip on one’s shoulder See BELLIGERENCE.

grumble in the gizzard To complain or grouse, to be dissatisfied or annoyed. In this British expression, which dates from the late 17th century, gizzard ‘a bird’s stomach’ is applied jocularly to a human being’s throat or craw.

I was going home, grumbling in the gizzard. (Thomas Flloyd, Gueul-Jette’s Tartarian Tales, translated 1764)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grievance - a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" grudge, score bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment, gall - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
	2.	grievance - an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice allegation - (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law); "an allegation of malpractice"
	3.	grievance - a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action complaint - an expression of grievance or resentment

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grievance

noun

1. complaint, protest, beef (slang), gripe (informal), axe to grind, chip on your shoulder (informal) They felt they had a legitimate grievance.

2. injustice, wrong, injury a deep sense of grievance

Translations

grievance [ˈgriːvəns]

A. N (= complaint) → queja f; (= cause for complaint) → motivo m de queja; [of workers] → reivindicación f
to have a grievance against sb → tener queja de algn

B. CPD grievance procedure N → sistema m de trámite de quejas

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grievance [ˈgriːv^əns] n

(= feeling) → doléance f, grief m
to harbour a grievance → garder rancune

(= cause for complaint) → grief m
She has a genuine grievance → Ses griefs sont justifiés.

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grievance

n → Klage f; (= resentment) → Groll m; grievance procedure → Beschwerdeweg m; I’ve no grievance against him (= no cause for complaint) → ich habe an ihm nichts auszusetzen; (= no resentment) → ich nehme ihm nichts übel; to have a grievance against somebody for something → jdm etw übel nehmen; to air one’s grievances → seine Beschwerden vorbringen, sich offen beschweren, sich beklagen

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grievance [ˈgriːv/əns] n (complaint) → lagnanza, rimostranza; (cause for complaint) → motivo di risentimento

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grievance

n grievance [ˈgriːvəns]

a cause or reason for complaint a list of grievances. grief مَظْلَمَه، شَكْوى оплакване důvod ke stížnosti klagepunkt die Beschwerde παράπονο queja; reivindicación kaebus علت نارضایتی valituksen aihe grief תְּלוּנָה शिकायत pritužba panasz alasan keluhan umkvörtunarefni reclamo, lagnanza 苦情 불만의 원인 nusiskundimas sūdzība rungutan grief, klacht grunn til klage, klage(mål) krzywda queixa plân­gere, reproş претензия dôvod na sťažnosť, ponosa krivica uzrok tuge klagomål ความคับข้องใจ şikâyet nedeni 不滿的原由 скарга شکایت کا سبب lời kêu ca phàn nàn 不满