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/əˈɡɹiːv/ · verb
(transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.
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.
Use aggrieve when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Aggrieve means (transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.
Common synonyms include ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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