aggrieve en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əˈɡɹiːv/
Etymology
From Middle English agreven, from Old French agrever; a (Latin ad) + grever (“to burden, injure”), from Latin gravare (“to weigh down”), from gravis (“heavy”). See grieve, and compare with aggravate.
Meanings
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(transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
Right is positive; wrong is negative—is merely the negation of right; as cold is the negation of heat—darkness of light. That a thing may be wrong, it is necessary that there be some other thing in relation to which it is wrong—some condition which it fails to satisfy; some law which it violates; some being whom it aggrieves.
1848 March, Edgar A[llan] Poe, Eureka: A Prose Poem, New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] P[almer] Putnam, of late firm of “Wiley & Putnam,” […], →OCLC, page 58:
- (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| aggrieves | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| aggrieving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| aggrieved | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| aggrieved | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
attrist · deject · tristitiate · besorrow · repent · rue · darken · gloom · erme · engrieve · anguish · grieven · contristate · dispirit · desolate · bleed · pang · forset · depress · remorse · hurt · mourn · throe · unhappy · oppress · lament · torment · grieve · grieven · sadden up · ache · begloom · wring · engrieve · grieve · come down on · rue · rack · torture · ungladden · rue · pain · irritate · aggrieve · bring down · besorrow · sigh · darken · sorrow · sadden · repent · aggrieve · upset · moan · pine · wayment · excruciate · regret · afflict · agonize · dere · begrieve · moan · get down · yearn · condole · dash · aggrieve · mourn
Translations (7)
bg увреждам (to give pain or sorrow to, to afflict, to oppress) · de kränken (to give pain or sorrow to, to afflict, to oppress) · mi whakamauāhara (to give pain or sorrow to, to afflict, to oppress) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to give pain or sorrow to, to afflict, to oppress) · fi loukata (to give pain or sorrow to, to afflict, to oppress) · bg онеправдавам (to give pain or sorrow to, to afflict, to oppress) · de verletzen (to give pain or sorrow to, to afflict, to oppress)