GRIEVANCE
NOUNS
► CORSIE ► CORZIE a cause of trouble and grief; a grievance → 1548 obs.
► CRABFEST an exchange of grievances → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EELIST a grievance, a grudge; a cause of offense or disagreement; the grounds for a quarrel → 1552 Sc.
► FESTER a rankling grievance, a source of complaint → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAVINESS a grievance → c950 obs.
► MISCONTENTMENT discontent, a grievance → 1660 Sc. obs.
► MOAN a grievance, a complaint → 1910s sl., orig. military
► SCAB a grievance → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SOBFEST an exchange of grievances → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SORANCE n. a painful matter; a grievance → 1608
NOUNS – PERSON
► GRIEVER a person who molests or troubles another; the causer of a grievance → 1598 obs.
VERBS
► HAVE A CROW TO PICK to have a disagreement or dispute to settle; to have a grievance that needs to be talked out → 1905 Amer. dial.