aggrieve
Pronunciations (2)
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/əˈɡɹiːv/
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əˈɡɹiv
Verb
To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
Usage- Transitive
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More examples (1)
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.
To grieve; to lament.
Usage- Intransitive
- Obsolete
Verb
infringe on the rights of
- Broader terms
cause to feel sorrow
- Synonyms
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his behavior grieves his mother
Word forms
aggrievesaggrievingaggrievedaggrieved