Grievance and Want

Grievance

Grievance noun - A lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong.

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Want and grievance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a noun "Grievance".

Nearby Words: grieve, grieved, grieving

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Grievance and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grievance" instead a noun "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

original	original grievance	original want
actual	actual grievance	actual want
real	real grievance	real want
big	big grievance	big want
Other adjectives: personal, minor.

Turns out that when you can't take legal action against a person for a grievance, it's suddenly a lot easier to want to kill them.

Source: Evil Lawyer Joke
Then they reveal they DO have grievance they want to rectify, but only act on them opportunistically.

Source: Who's Laughing Now?

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