grievance
grievance is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- transitive verb. A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury.
- transitive verb. Grieving; grief; affliction.
- noun. a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
- noun. an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- noun. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
"holding a grudge"
"settling a score"
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