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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

/ əˈɡː /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • aggrievement noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of aggrieve1

1250–1300; Middle English agreven < Middle French agrever < Latin to make heavy, worsen, equivalent to ag- ag- + grav- ( grave 2 ) + - infinitive suffix; aggravate
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of aggrieve1

C14: agreven, via Old French from Latin to aggravate
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Now 68, he’s speaks at length in the documentary about the events that landed him in jail, appearing more aggrieved than remorseful.

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The first one is about "our innate desire for a strongman to fix our problems and punish those who aggrieve us."

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Since then the English-speaking minority have felt aggrieved at the perceived erosion of rights by the central government.

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He perhaps should have been most aggrieved last summer, when the exceptionally green Josh Hull was given an opportunity after Mark Wood got injured.

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He lied about it for decades, then came clean half-heartedly to make money on a book, then tried to play the aggrieved victim being denied his rightful place in the Hall.

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