aggrieve[verb]Synonyms: distress, constrain, grieve, hurt, injure, pain, wrong, oppress, outrage, persecute
Contrasted words: delight, gladden, please, benefit, profit
Related Words: abuse,
misuse,
outrage,
pain,
afflict,
torment,
try,
annoy,
harass,
harry,
plague,
worry [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
aggrieve verb trans. [ǝ'gri:v] Now
rare (exc. as
AGGRIEVED) or
obsolete.
ME.[Old French agrever make heavier, ult. from Latin aggravare: see AGGRAVATE verb. Spelling assim. to GRIEVE verb.]1. Grieve, distress; oppress, treat unfairly.
ME.2. Aggravate, make more serious. Only in
16. ■ aggrievement noun M19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲