Grievance

//ˈɡɹiː.vəns//

Synonyms for "grievance" (186 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Strong matches (55)

Related words (93)

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62 translations across 18 languages.

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Bikol Central

4 entries
  • agrangay noun (something which causes grief)
  • agrangay noun (a wrong or hardship suffered)
  • agrangay noun (feelings of being wronged; outrage)
  • agrangay noun (complaint)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • жалба noun (formal complaint)
  • недоволство noun (complaint)
  • огорчение noun (feelings of being wronged; outrage)
  • оплакване noun (complaint)

Catalan

1 entries
  • greuge noun (complaint)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 委屈 noun (complaint)
  • 抱怨 noun (complaint)

Finnish

2 entries
  • valitus noun (complaint)
  • valitus noun (formal complaint)

French

2 entries
  • grief noun (complaint)
  • grief noun (formal complaint)

German

4 entries
  • Beschwerde noun (complaint)
  • Beschwerde noun (formal complaint)
  • Groll noun (feelings of being wronged; outrage)
  • Klage noun (complaint)

Greek

3 entries
  • δυσαρέσκεια noun (complaint)
  • παράπονο noun (complaint)
  • παράπονο noun (formal complaint)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • עָוֶל noun (a wrong or hardship suffered)
  • עוול noun (a wrong or hardship suffered)

Hindi

3 entries
  • उलाहना noun (complaint)
  • कष्ट noun (a wrong or hardship suffered)
  • परिवाद noun (formal complaint)

Latin

1 entries
  • querēla noun (complaint)

Māori

3 entries
  • mamaetanga noun (a wrong or hardship suffered)
  • pāmamaetanga noun (a wrong or hardship suffered)
  • whakamauāhara noun (complaint)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • klage noun (complaint)
  • klagemål noun (complaint)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Kloag noun (complaint)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • agravo noun (formal complaint)
  • queixa noun (complaint)
  • reclamação noun (complaint)

Russian

1 entries
  • жа́лоба noun (complaint)

Spanish

4 entries
  • agravio noun (something which causes grief)
  • agravio noun (complaint)
  • motivo de queja noun (something which causes grief)
  • queja noun (complaint)

Swedish

2 entries
  • harm noun (feelings of being wronged; outrage)
  • kränkthet noun (feelings of being wronged; outrage)

Sample sentences

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I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.

Source: tatoeba (2535579)

Unfortunately if you have a problem with it, you'll have to follow the grievance procedure as outlined in the employee handbook.

Source: tatoeba (6974628)

Have you filed a grievance?

Source: tatoeba (7131986)

I have a grievance about that. I believe it was unfair.

Source: tatoeba (7334860)

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