aggrieve

[ uh-greev ]

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verb (used with object),ag·grieved, ag·griev·ing.

to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice.
to afflict with pain, anxiety, etc.

Origin of aggrieve

1250–1300; Middle English agreven<Middle French agrever<Latin aggravāre to make heavy, worsen, equivalent to ag-ag- + grav- (see grave²) + -āre infinitive suffix; cf. aggravate

Other words from aggrieve

ag·grieve·ment, noun

Words Nearby aggrieve

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How to use aggrieve in a sentence

The mighty mother cannot find it in her heart to pronounce a decision which must aggrieve one of such a devoted pair.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 | Various
Everything that can most aggrieve the heart of man has befallen me here under his eyes.
A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete | Georg Ebers
No natives know so well how to aggrieve and be unpleasant to travellers.
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria | Henry Morton Stanley

British Dictionary definitions for aggrieve

aggrieve

/ (əˈɡriːv) /

verb(tr)

(often impersonal or passive) to grieve; distress; afflict: it aggrieved her much that she could not go
to injure unjustly, esp by infringing a person's legal rights

Origin of aggrieve

C14: agreven, via Old French from Latin aggravāre to aggravate

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