aggrieve
verb
transitive verb
Example Sentences
Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2022 Foyers with overly diminutive lights aggrieve Philadelphia designer Melinda Kelson O’Connor. Elizabeth Anne Hartman, WSJ, 28 May 2021 Sanders’ supporters have every right to be aggrieved at Warren subsequently issuing the code red. Libby Watson, The New Republic, 16 Jan. 2020 Asked about the credibility of some of the testimonies, Lau said the commission will hear from anyone who feels aggrieved by Cicig. Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019 Colombia: As elsewhere in the region, protesters are aggrieved by corruption and inequality. Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019 Anglophones were aggrieved at their marginalisation in a country dominated by French-speakers. The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019 Working class Americans, normally a reliable part of the Democratic Party base, were displaced and aggrieved. Rober Kuttner, Time, 30 Sep. 2019 But perhaps not since the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 has a Congress been so constitutionally and repeatedly aggrieved by the actions of a sitting president. Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2019 See More Word History
Middle English agreven "to affect adversely, disturb, distress," borrowed from Anglo-French agrever "to make burdensome, worsen," going back to Latin aggravāre "to weigh down, burden, make worse" — more at aggravate
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Legal Definition
aggrieve
transitive verb
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 41(g)aggrieve
verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- disquiet
- perturb
- discompose
- annoy
- upset
- alienate
- estrange
- irk
- irritate
- agitate
- disturb
- displease
- discontent
- disaffect
- peeve
- nettle
- dissatisfy
- sadden
- disgruntle
- depress
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- gratify
- satisfy
- please
- content
- delight
- gladden
- tickle
- soothe
- calm
- tranquillize
- tranquilize
Synonyms & Similar Words
- torment
- afflict
- torture
- maim
- abuse
- maltreat
- cripple
- mutilate
- lame
- hamstring
- mangle
- impair
- harm
- injure
- graze
- spoil
- mar
- blemish
- hurt
- crease
- nick
- lacerate
- bloody
- damage
- scathe
- bruise
- lay up
- blow out
- wound
- tear
- scrape
- scar
- gore
- gash
- scald
- contuse
- strain
- batter
- cut
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- remedy
- cure
- heal
- fix
- mend
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of aggrieve are oppress, persecute, and wrong. While all these words mean "to injure unjustly or outrageously," aggrieve implies suffering caused by an infringement or denial of rights.
While in some cases nearly identical to aggrieve, oppress suggests inhumane imposing of burdens one cannot endure or exacting more than one can perform.
Although the words persecute and aggrieve have much in common, persecute implies a relentless and unremitting subjection to annoyance or suffering.
The words wrong and aggrieve can be used in similar contexts, but wrong implies inflicting injury either unmerited or out of proportion to what one deserves.
- interminated
- intermingle
- intermingled
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- intermingling
- interministerial
- intermission
- intermissionless
- intermissions
- intermissive
- intermit
- intermitotic
- intermits
- intermitted
- intermittence
- intermittences
- intermittencies
- intermittency
- intermittency effect
- intermittent
- intermittent current
- intermittent light
- intermittent movement
- intermittent sterilization
- intermittently