aggrieve

[uh-greev]

verb (used with object)

aggrieved, aggrieving 

1. to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice.

2. to afflict with pain, anxiety, etc.

aggrieve

/ əˈɡriːv /

verb

1. (often impersonal or passive) to grieve; distress; afflict

   it aggrieved her much that she could not go

2. to injure unjustly, esp by infringing a person's legal rights

Other Word Forms

• aggrievement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of aggrieve¹

1250–1300; Middle English agreven < Middle French agrever < Latin aggravāre to make heavy, worsen, equivalent to ag- ag- + grav- ( grave ² ) + -āre infinitive suffix; aggravate

Word History and Origins

Origin of aggrieve¹

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

Example Sentences

With the players out on their feet, the Twickenham air still humming with tension, Argentina aggrieved and the England bench relieved, they couldn't.

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The Conquest would also have been unthinkable without the Spaniards’ alliances with the Aztecs’ aggrieved subjects, who contributed tens of thousands of warriors to the cause.

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It highlights one of the biggest issues with VAR, that a decision can have two valid outcomes and there will always be an aggrieved party.

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The Blue Jays will feel aggrieved after a controversial umpiring call prevented them from levelling the score in the bottom of the ninth inning.

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Walk into any clubhouse on the planet, and I assure you: You’ll find weary ballplayers sick of being harangued by gambling losers aggrieved about betting debts.

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Related Words

• oppress