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as in grudges
a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong
this is no place to air your grievances against him
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as in complaints
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
she decided to file a formal grievance against the utility company
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Recent Examples of grievances
The sprawling nature of the assailant’s rantings and grievances led government officials and other observers to zero in on single pieces of information immediately after the attack, which also injured 16 children and three adult parishioners.
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Ernesto Londoño, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2025
During a recent White House cabinet meeting, Rubio pivoted from policy discussions to expressing his grievances with those who elect to hold weddings on Saturdays that feature a full football slate.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Westman, who once attended the school and whose mother worked for the parish before retiring in 2021, left behind several videos and page upon page of writings describing a litany of grievances.
—Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Writings in notebooks and on the guns indicate a series of grievances, anger and ideations of harm to self and to others.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
By undermining grievances, supervisors signal to their employees that their experiences are invalid or unworthy of attention.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The song is almost chillingly prophetic 25 years later, at a time when superfans flood the comments of their favorite artists on social media, airing their grievances and demanding to be noticed.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
From time to time, these grievances boil over.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Whitters launches into a free-flowing, five-minute airing of very real grievances about splitting the better part of the past decade between life on the road and sitting in recording studios.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Ernesto Londoño, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2025
During a recent White House cabinet meeting, Rubio pivoted from policy discussions to expressing his grievances with those who elect to hold weddings on Saturdays that feature a full football slate.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Westman, who once attended the school and whose mother worked for the parish before retiring in 2021, left behind several videos and page upon page of writings describing a litany of grievances.
—Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Writings in notebooks and on the guns indicate a series of grievances, anger and ideations of harm to self and to others.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
By undermining grievances, supervisors signal to their employees that their experiences are invalid or unworthy of attention.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The song is almost chillingly prophetic 25 years later, at a time when superfans flood the comments of their favorite artists on social media, airing their grievances and demanding to be noticed.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
From time to time, these grievances boil over.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Whitters launches into a free-flowing, five-minute airing of very real grievances about splitting the better part of the past decade between life on the road and sitting in recording studios.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grievances
Noun
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As grudges go, isn’t that long enough?—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
5 Sep. 2025
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With a few exceptions, this cast is rife with petty grudges and trivial scandals that make for perfect competition-show fodder.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So despite industry complaints that surfaced during the coronavirus pandemic and the rise of a group of rival upstarts that have struck a series of measurement pacts with advertisers, media agencies and TV companies, Nielsen’s work remains the sector standard.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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The complaints were based around issues of traffic congestion and noise quality.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But old resentments surface before long, escalating into a fist fight.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Think Carefully About The Beneficiary Split Parents usually want to divide assets equally among their children to avoid potential resentments.—
Raul Elizalde,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Most of these are held in a tent, from which loud, ecstatic moans can be heard for seemingly miles around.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Grievances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grievances. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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