grievance
US: /ˈɡɹivəns/
UK: /ɡɹˈiːvəns/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
grievance /'gri:vəns/- danh từ
- lời trách, lời phàn nàn, lời kêu ca; lời than phiền
- mối bất bình
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun~ (against sb) something that you think is unfair and that you complain or protest about: Parents were invited to air their grievances (= express them) at the meeting. + He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months. + Does the company have a formal grievance procedure (= a way of telling sb your complaints at work)? + These interviews aim to deal with individual grievances.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 wrong, ill, injustice, disservice, unfairness, injury, damage, harm, outrage, affront, indignity, hardship, calamity:
I had to listen to details of every grievance she had ever suffered.
2 complaint, objection, charge, plaint, allegation, grudge, Colloq gripe, bone to pick, Brit crow to pluck, Slang beef:
Please register all your grievances at the office next door.
Collocation
ADJ.
genuine, legitimate, real
Some people will complain even if they have no genuine grievance.
| imaginary, imagined | long-standing, old | individual, personal | economic, social
By the 1530s social grievances were again being voiced.
VERB + GRIEVANCE
harbour, have, nurse
She still nursed her old grievance.
| air, express, vent, voice | hear
(formal),
listen to
MPs spend many hours listening to the real or imagined grievances of their constituents.
| redress, remedy, settle
Managers would make every effort to remedy individual grievances as they arose.
PREP.
~ about/over
The meeting will be a chance to air your grievances about the organization.
| ~ against
He had a personal grievance against the professor.
PHRASES
a sense of grievance
Concise dictionary
grievances'grɪːvnsnoun
+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
