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Plural of grievance

regular plural

The plural of grievance is grievances.

Forms of grievance

Singulargrievance /ˈɡɹiː.vəns/
Pluralgrievances /ˈɡɹiː.vən.sɪz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Grievances in a sentence

  • Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
  • Foremost among the workers’ grievances was the company’s failure to address the many safety issues in the plant.From the entry foremost
  • You fill in the details of this mythos with personal grievances and accusations.2016, Daniel Shapiro, “Uncovering Your Mythos of Identity”, in Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged…. From the entry mythos
  • The figures, uncovered by the BBC, have prompted allegations that universities are deliberately using gagging orders to stop grievances becoming public.2019 April 17, Simon Murphy, “UK universities pay out £90m on staff 'gagging orders' in past two years”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry gagging order
  • Liberalization has lifted the lid on many pent-up grievances, and old-timers in the government and the monkhood are stoking these sentiments.2014 June 6, Min Zin, “The People vs. The Monks”, in The New York Times. From the entry lift the lid

Meaning of grievance

  1. noun Something which causes grief.
  2. noun A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
  3. noun Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger.

Full definition of grievance

Questions about the plural of grievance

What is the plural of grievance?
The plural of grievance is grievances.
Is grievance countable?
Grievance is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: grievance (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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