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Aggrieve

Aggrieve Meaning & Definition
Aggrieve Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aggrieve?

[v] break the heart of; cause to feel sorrow
[v] infringe on the rights of; in law

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aggrieve: grieve

Related Terms | Find terms related to Aggrieve: abuse | afflict | affront | anguish | annoy | barb the dart | befoul | bewitch | blight | break down | bring to tears | bruise | condemn | constrain | corrupt | crucify | crush | curse | cut | cut up | damage | defile | deprave | desolate | despoil | destroy | disadvantage | disserve | distress | do a mischief | do evil | do ill | do wrong | do wrong by | doom | draw tears | embitter | envenom | get into trouble | give offense | give umbrage | grieve | harass | harm | harry | hex | hurt | hurt the feelings | impair | infect | injure | inundate | jinx | maltreat | menace | mistreat | misuse | molest | offend | oppress | outrage | overwhelm | pain | persecute | pierce | plague | play havoc with | play hob with | poison | pollute | prejudice | prick | prostrate | savage | scathe | sorrow | stab | sting | taint | threaten | torment | torture | try | twist the knife | violate | worry | wound | wreak havoc on | wrong

See Also | afflict | sorrow | wrong

Aggrieve In Webster's Dictionary

\Ag*grieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggrieved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggrieving}.] [OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a (L. ad) + grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to weigh down, fr. gravis heavy. See {Grieve}, and cf. {Aggravate}.] To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved. Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. --Macaulay.
\Ag*grieve"\, v. i. To grieve; to lament. [Obs.]

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