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# grievance

noun (a grievance, grievances)

«grievance» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A real or imagined unfair thing that makes someone feel upset and want to complain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grievance/#m1)
2. (work, law) An official complaint by a worker about unfair treatment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grievance/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and history it explains why people feel wronged and why conflicts start; in adult life workers can raise a grievance. Phrases: have a grievance against, air a grievance, a sense of grievance, a list of grievances.

### Examples

- He had a grievance against his neighbour about the noisy dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grievance/#x1)
- The workers took their grievances to the manager. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grievance/#x2)
- Write down your grievance and we will look at it fairly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grievance/#x3)
- The colonists sent a long list of grievances to the king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grievance/#x4)
- She nursed a grievance for years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grievance/#x5)
- The school council listened to pupils' grievances about lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grievance/#x6)
- Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grievance/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a grievance, grievances. Say GREE-vance. Related: grieve (feel very sad), but grievance is about unfairness, not grief. Spelling: -ance.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grievance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grievance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grievance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grievance.html) on Mova free.