Aggrieve

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aggrieve \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.
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           Aggrieved by oppression and extortion.   --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aggrieve \Ag*grieve"\, v. i.
     To grieve; to lament. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aggrieve
       v 1: infringe on the rights of
       2: break the heart of; cause to feel sorrow [syn: {grieve}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "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