Aggrieving

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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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