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.

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advocate
to give up possession or occupancy of.
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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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Example sentences 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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