aggrieve
verb (used with object)
to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice.
aggrievement
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a word derived from
aggrieve.
Example Sentences
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Tiptoeing around it as if it’s a huge imposition invites a sense of aggrievement.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2022
There had long been a dual sense of gratitude and aggrievement among Chinese officials for the lectures they would receive from Western experts on reforming China’s financial system.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
Writing at The New Inquiry, literary theorist and philosopher Lauren Berlant describes the relationship between whiteness, Trumpism, and emotions of entitlement and aggrievement:
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2020
Long-standing resentment, frustration, and aggrievement have a way of rearing their heads in inventive new forms, and this seems like an especially potent one.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2020
I didn't want him to go, for he was an entertaining apothecary and a sympathetic person, before whom I could act my sullenness and aggrievement.
From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Ernest Raymond
