Synonyms for grievance
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Hardship — something which causes grief
hardship, resentment, grief, woe, injustice, wrong, distress, sorrow, affliction, vexation, oppression, injury, trial, burden, pressure, misery, torment, visitation, calamity
Definitions
- n. 1
Something which causes grief.
- n. 2
A complaint or annoyance.
- n. 3
A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- grievances → hardships, resentments, griefs, woes…
Example sentences
- injustice I should not close my eyes when I face injustice.
- resentment What's the reason for your resentment towards me?
- hardship They had to endure great hardship during the war.
- woe It is better to say "woe is me" than "woe is us".
- complaint I don't want to hear another complaint about you.
- annoyance To our great annoyance, he barged in on our party.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| grievance | falling | |
| injustice | steady | |
| resentment | rising | |
| hardship | falling | |
| woe | rising | |
| complaint | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- woe1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, trial2, score1, grief1, thorn1, peeve1
- 6 letters
- injury3, bother2, burden2, misery3, plague1, sorrow2, grudge1
- 7 letters
- trouble2, torment2, scourge1
- 8 letters
- pressure2, distress2, hardship2, nuisance2, mischief2, calamity4, vexation, gravamen3
- 9 letters
- complaint2, injustice3, objection3, annoyance3
- 10 letters
- oppression3, resentment3, irritation4, visitation4, affliction3, infliction3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trial2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- grief
- Italiano
- rimprovero
- Deutsch
- Beschwerde