grievance
pronunciation
How to pronounce grievance in British English:
UK [ˈɡriːvəns]
How to pronounce grievance in American English:
US [ˈɡriːvəns]
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- Noun:
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
Word Origin
- grievance (n.)
- c. 1300, "state of being aggrieved," from Old French grevance "harm, injury, misfortune; trouble, suffering, agony, sorrow," from grever "to harm, to burden, be harmful to" (see grief). In reference to a cause of such a condition, from late 15c.
Example
- 1. Our society is so focused on grievance and complaint .
- 2. India is not about to let that old grievance ruin a blossoming friendship .
- 3. But mr hou 's grievance relates to a big state-owned enterprise .
- 4. He grumbled all the way home that this was enough grievance for a divorce .
- 5. In stage three , the global and the local are fused , as geopolitical grievance resonates with personal experience of discrimination or joblessness .