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grief.

grievance, complaint, bone to pick, issue

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɣrif/
  1. grievance, complaint, bone to pick, issue

    feminine · in-plural
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch grief, from Old French grief, from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem.

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