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grievable

grievable adjective: lamentable.

Adjective

grievable (comparative more grievable, superlative most grievable)

  1. (obsolete) Lamentable.
  2. Able to be grieved; worthy of being grieved.
  3. (human resources) Forming a reasonable basis for a grievance or formal complaint.

Forms of grievable

comparativemore grievable
superlativemost grievable

Origin of grievable

From grieve + -able.

Words formed from grievable

Questions about grievable

What does grievable mean?
Grievable means lamentable.
What part of speech is grievable?
Grievable is an adjective.

Words near grievable in the dictionary

  1. Griess tests
  2. Griesses
  3. Griest
  4. Griests
  5. grievability
  6. grievable
  7. grievance
  8. grievance collecting
  9. grievance collection
  10. grievance collections
  11. grievance collector

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