Synonyms:
grudge, score, grievance
Meaning: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"
Synonyms:
grievance
Meaning: an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
Synonyms:
grievance
Meaning: a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
Usage examples
Mercedes nursed a special grievance--the grievance of sex.
Had it taken place only once a year, it would have been a grievance.
It was only by undertaking to voice their grievance to the Baron that their captain was able for the moment to pacify them.
"Oh, yes--and you've known me ever since," repeated Jimmy--but in a far different voice: Jimmy had suddenly come back to the present, and to his grievance.
It will hearten the mothers of the nation, eliminate a just grievance, and turn the devoted energies of brilliant women to a more hearty support of the Government in this crisis.
Does not the parliament consist of those very men who have ever opposed all war with Scotland, who have punished the authors of our oppressions, who have obtained us the redress of every grievance, and who, with many honorable expressions, have conferred on us an ample reward for our brotherly assistance?
He knew that his country was at war with Germany and that not only his duty to the land of his fathers, but also his personal grievance against the enemy people and his hatred of them, demanded that he expose the girl's perfidy, and yet he hesitated, and because he hesitated he growled--not at the German spy but at himself for his weakness.