aggrieve

[uh-greev]

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

Related formsag·grieve·ment, noun

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Examples from the Web for aggrievement

Historical Examples of aggrievement

There was a tone of injury and aggrievement in his talk of the bear's ingratitude.
Eben Holden
Irving Bacheller
"I did think you would have helped me, Bunny," Delushy cried, with aggrievement.
The Maid of Sker
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
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
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

British Dictionary definitions for aggrievement

aggrieve

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.