aggrieve

[ uh-greev ]

/ əˈgriv /

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

to oppress or wrong grievously; injure by injustice.

to afflict with pain, anxiety, etc.

Nearby words

aggressive infantile fibromatosis, aggressive mimicry, aggressively, aggressivity, aggressor, aggrieve, aggrieved, aggro, agh., agha, aghast

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

Related formsag·grieve·ment, noun

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Examples from the Web for aggrievement

She had a sense of aggrievement and a feeling of added loneliness as she sat down to her solitary lunch.
A Young Mutineer|Mrs. L. T. Meade
There is no expression of aggrievement, either slight or acute, at the precious metals leaving her.
The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896|William Arthur Shaw
"I did think you would have helped me, Bunny," Delushy cried, with aggrievement.
The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore
There was a tone of injury and aggrievement in his talk of the bear's ingratitude.
Eben Holden|Irving Bacheller

British Dictionary definitions for aggrievement

aggrieve

/ (əˈɡriːv) /

verb (tr)

(often impersonal or passive) to grieve; distress; afflictit aggrieved her much that she could not go

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

Word Origin for aggrieve

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

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Word Origin and History for aggrievement

aggrieve

early 14c., from Old French agrever "make worse; become worse," from Latin aggravare "make heavier" (see aggravation). Related: Aggrieved; aggrieving.