grievance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
holding a grudge
Types & categories
- bitterness hypernym
Related & opposite
- grudge derivation
Sense 2 noun
an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
Types & categories
- allegation hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
Types & categories
- complaint hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grudge |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bitterness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | allegation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | complaint |