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Grievance

A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury.

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Allegation 76% connected

The act of alleging or positively asserting.

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Bitterness 76% connected

The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of…

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Complaint 76% connected

Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

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Gall 76% connected

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

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Rancor 76% connected

The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

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Resentment 76% connected

The act of resenting.

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Grudge 92% connected

To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to…

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Score 92% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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